Educate Yourself to Work Effectively Among the Poor

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An Appreciative Approach to Community Research (PDF)
Understand the importance of looking with appreciation at the assets in a community and the ways God has blessed the community in the past.

A Theology of Development (PDF)
Understand biblical wholism (shalom) and that God is concerned about every aspect of our lives.

Intro to Discipling for Development (PDF)
Learn more about the Discipling for Development process.

Learning About the Community (PDF)
Communities know more about their problems than outsiders do and community-based change begins with initiative from within the community itself.

Life is Comlpicated (PDF)
A lesson on wholism.