In chapter 4 of 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 [...]
When we are invited into a new area to teach the TCT program, we try to identify the key lies that hold communities in poverty. For one reason or another, one of the lies that we often find is that [...]
This is the story of a mother who loves unrelentingly…of a girl considered worthless by society, but who is priceless in the eyes of her mom. A little more than four years ago, Twinkle’s mother made a desperate decision. Finding [...]
Thank you to Matt FritzMiller for sharing this story of his own journey of “autism awareness.” We hope it inspires you to seek out opportunities for relationship with someone with ASD. When I first started teaching 12 years ago I [...]
In celebration of Women’s History month, we want to introduce you to some women who are making history right now within Reconciled World. Rose* is a team leader with the TCT program. We asked her to share her story. I [...]
The following is the second part of a two-part interview originally posted on First Fruit Inc.’s blog. Click here to read part 1. Camille and Esther Ntoto, founders of Un Jour Nouveau, continue their riveting challenge to the Church as they [...]
We are excited to share the amazing work of local NGO Un Jour Nouveau (Africa New Day) in Democratic Republic of Congo. The following article originally appeared on First Fruit, Inc.’s blog. It is reposted with permission. In helping to [...]
Each training within the TCT program focuses on one main theme. In year three, one of the topics is money management. One of the key topics throughout this training is encouraging people to get out of debt. Almost everyone from [...]
“So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.” Ezra 8:23 In one TCT community, the church decided that they wanted to build stable homes for everyone in the community. They did a survey of [...]
One of Acts of love that churches in Asia do to show God’s love to their communities is helping with funerals. This is a tough time for the family of the deceased person, not only have they lost their loved [...]
