CCIH 2015 Jason Fileta Plenary 6

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ADVOCACY TO END EXTREME POVERTY

Transcript of CCIH 2015 Jason Fileta Plenary 6

ADVOCACY TO END EXTREME POVERTY

MICAH CHALLENGE

• Global South • Church based • Community

development background

• MDGs

TRANSFORMATIONAL ADVOCACY

Challenging ourselves and our leaders to change attitudes, behaviors, and policies that perpetuate injustice and deny god’s will for all creation to flourish

CHANGES OUR POSTURE TOWARD THE CHURCH

• Encounter God • Personal Attitudes and behavior • Helps Pastors accomplish what they already seek

to do • Does not create donors but co-laborers

MUST "LOOSEN THE CHAINS" OF INJUSTICE

• Biblical call demands it • Extreme poverty will not be overcome without it

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