Biblical Resources

This group of resources is written from a Christian perspective and contains various Biblical Studies (as well as challenges) on topics such as poverty and hunger.
  1. Wealth and Poverty by Kirby Anderson - An excellent article giving a Biblical perspective on the use of wealth and the causes of poverty.

    http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/poverty.html
     
  2. CCRDA - the Canadian Christian Relief and Development Association is building partnerships to effectively provide emergency relief, facilitate sustainable development, promote justice, and to speak with one voice on behalf of the world's poor and disadvantaged peoples. 

    http://www.ccrda.org/
     
  3. Youth Site: Micah Challenge is a global Christian campaign, which aims to deepen our engagement with impoverished and marginalised communities; and to challenge international leaders, and leaders of rich and poor countries, to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and so halve absolute global poverty by 2015! 

    http://www.micahchallenge.org/
     
  4. Bread for the World - Provides materials to help understand some of the issues surrounding poverty.

    http://www.bread.org/learn/
     
  5. Thinking About World Need  - this is a short Bible Study intended for use in Bible Study Groups prepared by James and Linda Baartse. It is available as either a Microsoft Word Document, or an Acrobat PDF document.

    Word format:   http://www.crwrf.ca/resources/world-need-study.doc 
    Acrobat format:  http://www.crwrf.ca/resources/world-need-study.pdf