#CommunityDevelopment
"Having good, methodical teaching over an extended period of time is important...You cannot breeze into a community, hold a seminar showing better techniques, and instantly move their community into prosperity.
"Having good, methodical teaching over an extended period of time is important...You cannot breeze into a community, hold a seminar showing better techniques, and instantly move their community into prosperity.
“When we walk with God in eternity, we will quickly learn everything of worth that was accomplished was connected to an intercessor’s prayers.” —Dick Eastman
"...He [God] always has had a desire for justice and equality. We see this desire in the Law when God gave the year of jubilee. It was a time to level things out and provide opportunity for the wealthy to share with those who had less.
"Long after the Bible translator or translation team has completed their work. Long after the missionaries have returned home. Decades after the translators have entered the presence of their Savior.
"Just as each culture brings something new to humanity, so does every language. Each language is capable of expressing some things better than all other languages. Why else do coffee shops sell cafe latte rather than milky coffee?
Whether he is a farmer transforming barren land into a productive field, a remodeler renovating a neglected house, or George de Mestral inventing Velcro, almost every businessman in some way demonstrates the image of the Creator." —Gary Miller
(from IT’S NOT YOUR BUSINESS)
"Oversimplification of complex issues is often at the root of misunderstanding and disunity," —Dave Brunn
"We all become what we worship. Not only that, we shape the world into that same image. Therefore, worship of the one true God is central to effective poverty alleviation, to helping people and communities to become whole." —Brian Fikkert
"Let no one cause to depart from the standard that is laid through the letter of the Scripture which is revealed by the blood of Christ and of many witnesses of Jesus." —Michael Sattler
"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all." —David Livingstone