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Rev. Dr. Jimmy Dorrell and Janet Dorrell: Mobilizing Middle Class Christians - The Poverty Simulation: CCDA 2004 Audio

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/16/2007 - 14:15

For seventeen years, Mission Waco has been mobilizing hundreds of middle class students and adults toward more compassionate involvement among the poor through its weekend Poverty Simulations and Out-of-Country Exposure trips. This workshop will describe how carefully designed experiences confront many of the myths about the poor during the guided mining. It will also provide both guidelines from building this experiential training from a Christ perspective and other creative initiatives which stretch Christians who want to be more involved in ministry with the marginalized.


69:11 minutes (8 MB)

Standards of Excellence for Host Organizations

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Standards of Excellence for Host Organizations
                                                                       
Created by a team from The Boston Project Ministries, People Making a Difference, Pine Street Inn, Park Street Church, and the Emmanuel Gospel Center. (Published by the Emmanuel Gospel Center, 2005)
 
Resource Type:  Tip sheet offering advice for organizations hosting a group of volunteers
 
Main Audience: Host organizations that wish to make the volunteering experience of a visiting group fruitful for both themselves and the visiting servants
 


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Acting on Your Faith: Congregations Making a Difference: A Guide to Success in Service and Social Action

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Acting On Your Faith: A Guide to Success in Service and Social Action
(by Victor N. Claman and David E. Butler, Insights, 1994)

Resource Type: Book encouraging churches into community ministry with practical advice on how to get started.

Main Audience: Christian and Jewish congregations of any size looking to begin a community ministry initiative.

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This is a simple and solid guide for churches that want to make a difference. The authors explain why Christians and the Church should be involved in service and social action and discuss the different ways churches can get involved in their communities – service, community education, social action, and advocacy. The book points readers to the Bible for the ultimate motivation for compassion but spends more time on practical advice rather than deep theological thought. Readers will find an attractive and easy-to-read guide that will provide them with plenty of advice, encouragement, and resources to get an effective community ministry started in their congregation.
 

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How to Mobilize Church Volunteers

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How to Mobilize Church Volunteers
 

by Marlene Wilson (published by Augsburg Publishing House, 1983)

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Why  does FASTEN recommend this resource?

In this book, author Marlene Wilson builds a theological and practical framework for why church leaders need to equip and release church members for service.  She then provides them with the administrative and managerial tools they need to do it. This book serves as an introduction to organizational development, covering such topics as strategic planning and delegation.  The appendix has many useful forms and checklists.
 
This book is a useful and accessible tool for church leaders desiring to release their members into service ministry.
 

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99 Innovations

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by Alexandria McNabb (Leadership Network, 2005)

Resource Type: This resource is an article from the Leadership Network, a nonprofit aimed at fostering church innovation and growth and helping innovative churches multiply their impact.

Main Audience: This resource is helpful for pastors and lay leaders interested in inspiring their congregations to serve as Christ did. It is a useful resource for both small and large congregations.

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This booklet describes ninety-nine innovative and successful ideas to help churches move toward engaging 100% of their congregations in community service. The ideas, each of which already have been implemented by externally focused churches, fall into a number of categories, including assessing and placing volunteers, increasing neighborhood impact, tutoring, reaching the homeless and disenfranchised, and more.



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Signs of Hope in the City: Ministries of Community Renewal

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Signs of Hope in the City: Ministries of Community Renewal

(edited by Robert D. Carle, Judson Press, 1999)

Resource Type: A collection of stories of effective ministries working with the poor in New York City.

Main Audience: For pastors, lay leaders, and church members who are looking for inspiration, ideas, or even historical background on urban ministry.

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Robert D. Carle introduces this compelling book with an overview of the history of the Christian church in New York City, with special attention to African-American churches. An essay from Tony Carnes then gives readers a view of the city as its international immigrants, especially international Christians, shape it. The stories that follow profile various urban ministries that are making an impressive impact on the poor of New York City in the name of Christ. These ministries vary widely in terms of their ethnicity (including black, white, Latino, Korean, and others), location (Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens, etc.), and their programmatic focus (e.g., homeless ministries, HIV/AIDS support, and educational outreach in the schools). Readers will find a wealth of inspiration, ideas, and advice – all solidly backed by sound theological foundations.

 

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How Are We Doing?A Toolkit for Organizational Self-Assessment by Faith-Based Service Organizations

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How Are We Doing?
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This toolkit is designed for directors of faith-based organizations who wish to lead their staff, board, and/or volunteers through an intentional process of internal self-assessment. This evaluation system assists organization leaders and stakeholders in assessing whether their programs and policies are “on track” with their mission and philosophy of ministry. It works especially well for day-long or weekend Board or staff retreats.



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Interfaith Community Ministries Network

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The Interfaith Community Ministry Network (ICMN) is “a national network of community ministries--ecumenical and interfaith--created to provide a link for mutual support, leadership development, and promotion of community-based, cooperative ministry.” Visit this site to find out more about ICMN’s mission, members, services, and its partnership with the volunteer-oriented Points of Light Foundation.

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

This site illustrates a best-practice example of effective collaboration between foundations involved in strengthening interfaith and ecumenical ministries through networking.


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With a mission to collect, organize, and communicate information and research about philanthropy, and to provide education and training on the grantseeking process, the Foundation Center offers this website.  The site contains answers to the grantmaker's frequently asked questions, a free short course on proposal writing for the grantseeker (avilable in both English and Spanish), research on funding trends, an online directory of foundations across the U.S., a section just for kids who are young philanthopists or grantseekers, and more!

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

Whether you are new to the world of grants or not, you are bound to benefit from this website.  It offers sample forms, applications, and worksheets for the grantseeker, as well as tips for finding grants and writing proposals.  If you are a grantmaker, you might be interested in launching a free website through the Foundation Center or submitting news to the Philanthropy News Digest.  The site offers plenty of articles and reports, too, including one on recent trends in philanthropy across the U.S., as well as statistical tables about grant information on the national and state levels.
 

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