{"id":21084,"date":"2012-02-13T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T22:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=21084"},"modified":"2020-06-05T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T00:26:09","slug":"how-church-address-global-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/blog\/how-church-address-global-poverty","title":{"rendered":"4 things any church can do to address global poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Churches and pastors are often eager to respond to the problems of global poverty and injustice. Yet before they take steps to address these problems, pastors — like anyone else — want to know how they can make a difference. Because there are so many hurting people whose communities face complex obstacles, I’m frequently asked what one person or one church can do.<\/p>\n

If you’re a fellow church or ministry leader, you know God doesn’t promise that the odds will always be in our favor when accomplishing the work he has set before us.<\/p>\n

When church leaders look today at the scale of global poverty<\/a>, it’s easy to feel like the numbers are stacked against them.<\/p>\n