- 208 pages
- English
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Toxic Charity
About This Book
Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to helpānot sabotageāthose whom they desire to serve. Lupton, the founder of FCS Urban Ministries (Focused Community Strategies) in Atlanta, the voice of the Urban Perspectives newsletter, and the author of Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life, has been at the forefront of urban ministry activism for forty years. Now, in the vein of Jeffrey Sachs's The End of Poverty, Richard Stearns's The Hole in Our Gospel, and Gregory Boyle's Tattoos on the Heart, his groundbreaking Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting, real-world change.
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- Contents
- Chapter One: The Scandal
- Chapter Two: The Problem with Good Intentions
- Chapter Three: The Anatomy of Giving
- Chapter Four: Needs vs. Relationships
- Chapter Five: Beyond Us-Based Giving
- Chapter Six: No Quick Fixes
- Chapter Seven: Wise Giving
- Chapter Eight: Take the Oath
- Chapter Nine: Service with Dignity
- Chapter Ten: Getting Started
- About the Author
- Back Ads
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher