God is active in your community. Are you? Engage with your community, influencing it in ways that make life better for everyone here and now. Christians and churches bring unique gifts to their neighborhoods and communities.
Communities First will help you engage with your community, influencing it in ways that make life better for everyone here and now. As a result, you will see your community respond and change in surprising and redemptive ways. The church and God's kingdom will grow.
Communities First will challenge you and your church to
- discover what the Bible says about the church's responsibility to people who are poor and hungry.
- see your community as Jesus does.
- move beyond giving handouts to helping people improve their lives.
- develop a common vision between the church, the community, and others for the future possibilities of your community.
- mentor and disciple people in poverty who want to make a life change.
- encourage neighborliness and a sense of community togetherness.
- help people work together for common goals.
- discover unfair laws and work to change them.
Once you have an idea of what can be accomplished and you gain a general sense of what is involved, you will want to choose a place to start and order the corresponding workbooks to put the ideas into action.