{"product_id":"teach-a-man-to-fish-engaging-the-local-church-to-create-sustainable-transformational-missions-paperback","title":"Teach a Man to Fish: Engaging the Local Church to Create Sustainable, Transformational Missions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMph Florence Muindi MD\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharlie Vittitow DMD Aaacd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoseph Sindorf\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou've probably heard the old saying, \"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same basic principle applies to missions work. Too many churches and other missions organizations over-emphasize Relief Aid--no-strings-attached, handouts of vital supplies given in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. While necessary and lifesaving, Relief Aid is only a temporary fix. Once the funds dry up and the ground team leaves, the impoverished community is often no better off than they were before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTeach a Man to Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors illustrate the benefits of \"wholistic transformational development,\" where--through engagement with the local church-- the community is empowered to identify and carry out long-term sustainable solutions to meet its own needs. A few of the steps that \"wholistic transformational development\" includes are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGive dignity to \"the least of these\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddress the root causes of poverty to provide solutions for the affected\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelp the vulnerable to become empowered in their own communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with real-life stories from the authors' own experiences, \u003ci\u003eTeach a Man to Fish\u003c\/i\u003e provides churches and missions organizations with a blueprint for helping people help themselves in order to create lasting change and long-term sustainability and independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Florence Muindi\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and president of Life In Abundance (LIA) International (lifeinabundance.org), a faith-based nonprofit headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. LIA serves the poor and the vulnerable through partnerships with local indigenous churches, while championing the cause of wholistic transformational development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Muindi is a medical doctor, an author, and an ordained minister. She and her husband, Dr. Festus Muindi, live in Kenya and have three children and one grandchild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Vittitow\u003c\/b\u003e has served as a dentist, a cofounder of several successful medical equipment companies, and a missions pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Charlie's greatest delight is seeing the global church leverage the variety of gifts God has placed in each part of the body of Christ, creating an enormously greater Kingdom impact though oneness. His second greatest delight is watching his wife catch fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374500659378,"sku":"9781496490063","price":19.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/vBs3RrI-FC9781496490063.webp?v=1782987456","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/teach-a-man-to-fish-engaging-the-local-church-to-create-sustainable-transformational-missions-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}