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When Two Bikes Split a Church
The Powerful Effect of an Act of Generosity

August 31, 2016 by Christopher Little

Tags: local resources

When my wife and I entered Mozambique in 1993, the United Nations listed it as the poorest country in the world. We had been exposed to poverty before, but nothing prepared us for...

Localization and Globalization

March 01, 2011 by Glenn Schwartz

Tags: dependency, local resources

Signs of globalization can be found in many places. I have a friend in Zambia who is a retired pastor, now living in a rural village with no running water or electricity. However, he has a cell...

We Can Do It!

January 01, 2010 by Glenn Schwartz

Tags: dependency, giving, local resources

About a year ago I was asked to speak in a small church in Kampala, Uganda. I had been there for other meetings and was asked to preach on a Sunday morning. Normally I decline such invitations,...

When Two Bikes Split a Church
The powerful effect of an act of generosity

November 01, 2000 by Chris Little

Tags: dependency, local resources

Christopher Little

When my wife and I entered Mozambique in 1993, the United Nations listed it as the poorest country in the world. We had been exposed to poverty before, but nothing prepared us...

Don’t Chase Buffaloes

January 01, 1997 by Glenn Schwartz

Tags: dependency, local resources

Reprinted with permission from the January 1994 issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Box 794, Wheaton, Ill. 60189

The following story was told to me following a 1992 seminar in Capetown,...

It’s Time To Get Serious About The Cycle Of Dependency in Africa

January 01, 1997 by Glenn Schwartz

Tags: dependency, local resources

(Reprinted by permission from the April 1993 issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Box 794, Wheaton, Ill. 60189.)

Some time ago I learned about a missionary to Africa who gave more than 20...

Dependency
When Our Giving Does More Harm than Good!

January 01, 1997 by

Tags: dependency, local resources

Cutting the Apron Strings
Here's how churches can move from depending on mission agencies to relying on themselves -with some suggestions to minimize the pain.

January 01, 1997 by Glenn Schwartz

Tags: dependency, local resources

(Reprinted with permission from the Evangelical Missions Quarterly - Jan. 1994, Box 794, Wheaton, Ill. 60189)

Several decades ago, Nicholas Bhengu, the leader of the Assemblies of God in South...

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