The SHOUT Ministries' board (www.shoutministries.org) , of which I am a part, is reading together the book With Justice for All written by John Perkins, founder of Christian Community Development Association (www.ccda.org). There's been no person in my experience that has helped lead me on a journey of racial reconciliation and the transformation of communities more than John Perkins.
"The poor of America today are at the mercy of politicians' whims and philanthropists' charity. Neither politicians nor philanthropists can offer people what they need the most- the incarnate love of Christ. Unless the Church fulfills its responsibility to proclaim by word and deed the "Good news to the poor," the poor have no true hope. We, the Church, bear the only true gospel of hope. Only through us can the power of Christ's love save and deliver them." -J.P.
What have you been learning about incarnating the love of Christ amongst the poor?
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