By John Perkins
If the blood of injustice is economics, we must as Christians seek justice by coming up with means of redistributing goods and wealth to those in need. How well a ministry can begin the process of creating a stable economic base in the community determines the motivation of that ministry. Is it simply “charity?” Or is it really trying to develop people and to allow them to begin to determine their own destinies?
What we need is a change created by Jesus Christ in our institutional behavior equal to the change that can occur in the life of an individual. As we commit ourselves to just redistribution in terms of creating a new economics in broken communities, we can see how Jesus, through us, offers himself. The Body of Christ becomes the corporate model through which we can live out creative alternatives that can break the cycles of wealth and poverty which oppress people.
Source: A Quiet Revolution
If the blood of injustice is economics, we must as Christians seek justice by coming up with means of redistributing goods and wealth to those in need. How well a ministry can begin the process of creating a stable economic base in the community determines the motivation of that ministry. Is it simply “charity?” Or is it really trying to develop people and to allow them to begin to determine their own destinies?
What we need is a change created by Jesus Christ in our institutional behavior equal to the change that can occur in the life of an individual. As we commit ourselves to just redistribution in terms of creating a new economics in broken communities, we can see how Jesus, through us, offers himself. The Body of Christ becomes the corporate model through which we can live out creative alternatives that can break the cycles of wealth and poverty which oppress people.
Source: A Quiet Revolution
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