Stories

Living Out the Gospel….stories from Uganda

We recently received a multitude of stories from partner churches who are studying TCT through Food for the Hungry in Uganda. I’ve spent a good chunk of my day reading reports of hundreds of Christians in dozens of churches [...]

By |2019-03-19T09:09:01-05:00December 18th, 2018|Categories: Stories, Truth Centered Transformation, Story Library|

God Will Be Glorified: A Community Gets Water

"There’s a water problem in the community. We have a bore well, but there is no proper storage tank. So the people are suffering because when the motor is on, the people are leaving to their works. When they come back from works, the motor is off, the power cut is there...So they thought if you build a water tank for the storage...the water will be stored in the tank, so the people can use the water at any time"

By |2019-06-17T11:37:56-05:00November 19th, 2018|Categories: Stories, Truth Centered Transformation, Story Library|Tags: |

TCT – Does it Work?

We began Truth Centered Transformation (TCT) nearly 15 years ago. It is a five-year church training program with three goals: 1) Glorify God, 2) Strengthen the church, and 3) see communities move out of poverty. We were stunned when we [...]

By |2019-05-23T15:33:29-05:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: Programs, Stories, Truth Centered Transformation, Story Library|Tags: , |

Savings Groups as Transformational Development

In When Helping Hurts, Brian Fikkert writes, “Development is not done to people or for people, but with people.” He talks a lot about savings groups as an example of good “with” type development. Our friends John and Kate Marsden [...]

By |2017-09-13T11:16:40-05:00June 20th, 2017|Categories: Stories, Mobilizing Local Resources|Tags: |

Housebuilding: TCT Asia

God is at work through the church. This video tells the story of an Act of Love from a community we work with in Asia. It's an inspiring example of how their church is being obedient to God and loving their [...]

Stories from Uganda

Last week, Anna blogged about the complexity of generational poverty and the need for prayer. The truth is, we see Him answer these prayers every day. We are so excited about what God is doing amongst those who are experiencing poverty—bringing [...]

By |2019-05-23T15:32:36-05:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: Stories, Truth Centered Transformation, Story Library|Tags: , , |

Ending Gendercide Award Ceremony

Violence against women, especially domestic violence, is a major problem in India. About one-third of women between the ages of 15 and 49 have experienced domestic violence here. Sadly, the problem is also prevalent among believers within the church. Ending [...]

By |2019-05-23T15:34:02-05:00December 13th, 2016|Categories: Ending Gendercide, Stories, Story Library|
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