Our Father equates love shown to the poor with love shown to Him

Welcome to Givers by Design:

Equipping the Christian Community for a more faithful and effective response to the problem of Extreme Poverty
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Book Review:
The Hole in Our Gospel

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Advocacy

Your voice matters
now more than ever

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Effective Giving

How to ensure your gifts
make a real and lasting difference

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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!

 

you can make a lasting difference

 

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.....