Welcome to Givers by Design:
Equipping the Christian Community for a more faithful and effective response to the problem of Extreme Poverty
Featured Post
Book Review:
The Hole in Our Gospel
Advocacy
Your voice matters
now more than ever
Effective Giving
How to ensure your gifts
make a real and lasting difference
About Us
This site is built around two main ideas:
- First, that we Christians can play a much more significant role in alleviating extreme poverty, to the glory of God, and
- Second, that many people stand ready to give more, if they could be reasonably assured their gifts make a real difference.
The first concern is addressed in the Advocacy tab; the second in the Effective Giving tab.
We hope that you will find this site useful!
Mission
Givers by Design envisions a world in which followers of Christ take a lead role in eradicating extreme poverty.
This site is dedicated to bringing you the resources and tools you need to take informed,
generous, and effective action in making a lasting difference for the world's poorest people.
Guiding Principles:
- The risen Christ be honored in all that we do
- The scriptural mandate for helping the poor applies to each of us, and to our churches
- Assistance without the Word is futile, and the Word without assistance is inauthentic
- There is practical wisdom in the adage “volunteer locally, give internationally”
- Giving effectively is key not just to responsible stewardship, but to giving joyfully
- Being saved is just the beginning of our story: Each of us are built, and blessed, to be a blessing.....