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Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People is unavailable, but you can change that!

When a low-income person asks your church for help, what do you do next? God is extraordinarily generous, and our churches should be, too. Because poverty is complex, however, helping low-income people often requires going beyond meeting their material needs to holistically addressing the roots of their poverty.  But on a practical level, how do you move forward in walking with someone who...

If the person is unwilling to return to meet with you to discuss the deeper factors contributing to their poverty—and if they do not need relief—you should typically decline their requests for immediate financial assistance. This does not mean you are withholding all forms of assistance from them. Rather, you are offering to help them by walking with them over time in a way that addresses the roots of their current situation. Whether or not they accept this help is outside of your control.
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