Wealth of the Poor: How Valuing Every Neighbor Restores Hope in Our Cities

Larry M James

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Edité par Abilene Christian University Press, 2013

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Larry James appeared to be exactly where he was supposed to be--ministering with a large, suburban Dallas church. Then came the intriguing invitation to move his ministry to inner city Dallas among some of the poorest people in the community. Encouraged by his wife, Brenda, to follow the truth he had so often shared as a pastor, Larry accepted. As the new director of a food pantry, Larry was quickly overwhelmed, and one day when trying to communicate with Spanish-speaking families, he asked a woman named Josefina to help translate. She had come for assistance, but Josefina ended up helping Larry that day, and the next. She came back the next day for nine years. Since that day Josefina began helping two decades ago, Larry has been asking neighbors to help solve their own problems, and this new way of serving side by side has transformed a small food pantry into one of the largest non-pro!t food distributors in the world. With a budget of fourteen million dollars annually, the organization--now called CitySquare--also develops housing for the formerly homeless and manages health clinics and community medical outreach in economically depressed and under-served places like East and South Dallas.…

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Titre
Wealth of the Poor: How Valuing Every Neighbor Restores Hope in Our Cities
Auteur
Larry M James
Éditeur
Abilene Christian University Press
Année de publication
2013
État de l'article
Very Good
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
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0891123806
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780891123804

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