The latest report in the 21st Century Evangelicals Series from the Evangelical Alliance UK highlights research about poverty.
The full report – Good News for the Poor? – is available as a pdf here.
This is what the EA says:
‘Our latest research contains fascinating details on what evangelicals think are the causes and potential solutions for poverty, and how they and their churches are personally responding to the realities of poverty both at home and abroad.
‘Our survey of more than 1,600 evangelicals found that many are directly involved in tackling poverty; donating to food banks, volunteering with poverty projects or supporting people they know who are struggling financially.
‘But others admit that they or their churches are not really living out their beliefs; often being too concerned for their own needs or treating poorer people differently. In fact, two thirds think that churches in the UK are not very good at discipling and sharing their faith with the poorest...’
PowerPoint presentation and discussion questions for churches are linked to from this page.
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