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THE SHALOM COMMUNITY CHURCH.

 

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH IN DEVELOPMENT WORK? 

Why a Community church? 

The Shalom Community Church- The Shalom Community Church grew homogenously out of a house fellowship led by the Shalom administrator, who is a theologian and missionaries who came to serve the community in 2018. We desire to meet economic, social, and political needs but are incredibly aware of the need to meet the community’s spiritual needs.


In the Year 2022, the church was involved in community evangelism and is disciplining several youths, men, Women, and children. The community has gathered and prayed overnight for diverse issues that affect society.
Aware that they are invited to the transformation as complete human beings made in His image. They have the confidence to look up to God.
"Poverty is basically the absence of shalom in all its meanings."

Most time, because of the situations poor people go through, they have a "marred image" or distorted image of who they are and who God is.
They believe they are valueless, with almost nothing to contribute, and cannot be able to change their situation. Sometimes we promote this by how we approach development work.
Broken relationships do not have effects only between a man and God. However, brokenness affects all social, political, and economic systems, affecting the desired "Shalom."

Restoration of God's image in people's lives is paramount. They can, after that, view themselves as they ought to, not from a deficit point but as people created in the image of God.

They, therefore, can be involved in bringing change in their lives. They are not hopeless and valueless.
"The modern world view of poverty separates the material and spiritual. In our Christian worldview of poverty, we must have the two co-exist and interpenetrate".
Instead of approaching development work from a "deficit" understanding of poverty, we must learn "poverty is relational."
2 Corinthians 5:19
"That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation".


We continue to see a rising need to equip church leaders around the community.
Blessings

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