Community & Economic Resilience: Two Personal Experiences

~By Travis Jones & Stuart Smith~ This month, we are taking a look at financial resilience and how a lack of community can increase a lack of resilience when financial hardships arise. Financial resilience is one’s ability to remain stable when hardships arise, such as the loss of a job, a major medical emergency...

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The Impact of Education on Economic Stability: A Call to Our Church Community

~By Robin Keating~ Education is more than just the acquisition of knowledge; it is a transformative process that empowers individuals, fosters understanding, and promotes sustainable growth within families and communities. As followers of Christ, we must consider how we can positively impact economic stability through educational initiatives...

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Bringing One Another Up Through Education: How LoveINC Works to Promote Education

~By Travis Jones~ Learning about the relationship between poverty and education these last few weeks has been insightful. Today, building off what we have been discussing, we are going to look at how LoveINC works to address issues that arise from a lack of education in our community. LoveINC works to respond...

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The Importance of Education within the Bible

~By Josh Shelton~ Research shows that education helps bring people out of poverty, or at least it should. Missionaries from around the world tell us that education to communities ravaged by poverty and occult-like behavior are transformed as education is introduced into their culture. Education might not be welcomed at first...

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Does Our Physical Health Really Even Matter To God?

~By Travis Jones~ Our bodies are so needy sometimes. They need constant attention like food, water, bathing, etc. Much of the maintenance we do for our bodies is such a chore; finding time to exercise, rest, eat healthy, go to the doctor, dentist, and all the other specialists, it all adds up. Trying to be healthy is like a full time job...

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