Poor & Needy - Street People, Homeless, etc.

Christian Community Development Association - Our mission is to develop a strong fellowship of those involved in Christian community development. We desire to support and encourage existing Christian community developers and their ministries and help to establish new ones.

CCDA works together with Christian community development ministries to mobilize spiritual and physical resources in and for communities through the Church in a community-determined way that is redemptive.

Purpose

1. To strengthen existing Christian community development organizations.

2. To encourage new Christian community development efforts.

3. To promote Christian community development through regional training.

4. To educate and mobilize the body of Christ at large to become involved in Christian community development in their area.

5. To sustain, enable and inspire those individuals doing Christian community development

Principles of Christian Community Development

Mahyeno - MAHYENO'S BACKGROUND:

In the 1970's the Lord clearly showed a group of committed young Christians in Kimberly, South Africa, that He would one day use them in multi-faceted outreach.

God miraculously opened the way, and in 1984 the work was started at the old, rundown Betania Swedish Mission Hospital, in Dundee, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Mahyeno's main building - Gilead
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Our motto is Spending ourselves on behalf of the needy (Isaiah 58:10) with the ultimate goal of faith: to build in this place a model for a new South Africa - a city caring for the needy. Many similar communities are envisaged, spreading throughout the provinces of this country and further afield, proving to all that the way of discipleship - the Cross and self denial - faith living and a lifestyle of living more simply so that others may simply live, shall all serve to show forth the glory of God in this needy world.

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MAHYENO'S CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNITY:

Mahyeno is a duly constituted not-for-profit organisation which is governed by an intedenominational Christian council of Elders, and managed by a committee. Membership of the community is confined to those who have experianced a definite call from God into:

Contemplative community living,
The faith venture of the community (no charge is made for services, no fundraising or appeals are made).
The specific work of the community, ie. caring for the poor and needy.
To those who are practising and witnessing disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, who show in their lives and lifestyle the fruit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Ongoing in-service training and discipleship for community members and volunteers is provided.

Mahyeno Newsletter

COMPASSION MINISTRIES

Links to Compassion Ministries

MercyWorks - YWAM, Tyler, TX - Our Mission - is to provide physical and spiritual support to people in times of war, famine or natural disaster and to assist with community development projects promoting long-term change.

Our Vision - is to exhibit Christ-like character while seeking to restore or maintain dignity in those who suffer while drawing them into an intimate relationship with Christ.

Our Ministry Sphere - is both domestic and international with an emphasis in developing nations that have little witness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Restoring At-Risk Communities - John Perkins - excellent book!!!!!!

CONTENTS

DISABLED

DISPOSSESSED

Stories of the Dispossessed

HOMELESS

8 Ways You Can Help the Homeless

A Place Called Hopkins Park

Dream Center - LA

Gallup Study of Recovery from Homelessness

Gambling & Homelessness Study

Helping the Homeless - lots of helpful resources!!

HOW YOU CAN HELP THE HOMELESS

Internet Resources re the Homeless

Puget Sound's Newspaper of the Poor and Homeless

Statistics and Studies re the Homeless

Suggestions for Helping the Homeless

The Homeless on the Internet

CONTENTS

HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE

Many Mansions - Our Mission is to Promote and Provide Safe, Well-Managed Housing with on-site life enriching services for Limited Income Residents of the Conejo Valley & Surrounding Communities in Ventura County, California. In 1979, Frank Schillo recruited a number of local businessmen, clergymen, civic club members and realtors to address the needs of the poor and the lack of decent housing available to them. Marvin Sosna, at that time the editor of the News Chronicle, provided the name for the new Organization using a quote from John 14:2 and 3 in the Bible: "In my Father's House are Many Mansions."

MINISTRIES

Association of Gospel Rescue Missions

Evangelicals for Social Action - Ron Sider

Feed The Needy

Food for the Poor, Inc.

Institute for Urban Ministry

Prison Fellowship Ministries

The Rafiki Foundation - Rafiki befriends the needy
in developing countries spiritually,
educationally, and physically
by establishing Rafiki centers
and by sending qualified individuals
to serve in the centers
and to teach the Bible.

World Impact - Planting Churches in Urban America

CONTENTS

POOR & NEEDY

Banana Bark Greeting Cards to Help the Poor

Christian E-Cards to help remember the poor

Feed The Needy

Food for the Poor, Inc.

Mahyeno - MAHYENO'S BACKGROUND:

In the 1970's the Lord clearly showed a group of committed young Christians in Kimberly, South Africa, that He would one day use them in multi-faceted outreach.

Mahyeno's main building - Gilead
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MAHYENO'S CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNITY:

National Anti Poverty Organization - Canada

Praying for the Poor & Needy of the World

Rafiki Exchange - handcrafted items made by underprivileged girls in order to help them provide for themselves

Recycling Printer Cartridges for the Poor

Specific Ways to Help the Poor with Food for the Poor, Inc.

Take a Virtual Pilgrimage, to the poor, homeless, etc.

THE HUNGER SITE - donate food for free

CONTENTS

PRISONERS & PRISONER's FAMILIES

Angel Trees

Christian Videos for Prisons

M2W2- M2 (Man to Man) and W2 (Woman to Woman) are programs which train community volunteers to work one-to-one with prisoners who actively request them. The goal of these programs is to see prisoners return to society as crime-free, contributing citizens who honour God and respect others

M2W2 Newsletter

MCC - Mennonite Central Committee - Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief, service, and peace agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. MCC reflects the biblical call to care for the hungry and thirsty, the stranger, the sick and those in prison.

Prison Fellowship International PUBLICATIONS

Prison Fellowship Ministries - Chuck Colson

Set Free Ministries - Abbotsford, BC, Canada - - to rescue prisoners and street people from their addictive lifestyles and restore them to wholeness through a relationship with Jesus Christ and release them with the ability to minister to others.

Set Free Ministries Newsletter

CONTENTS

PROSTITUTES

Prostitution: The American Occupation of Womanhood

Servants Anonymous Society (Christian) - Surrey, BC - To offer programs, ongoing support, hope and wholeness to female youth who have been victims of sexual exploitation

CONTENTS

RACISM

Dreaming Online: Social Justice - Racism

Race Related Art

RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL JUSTICE

Dreaming Online: Social Justice

Social Edge.com - a monthly magazine on social justice and faith

STREET PEOPLE

A Call to the Church to Reach Out to the Poor

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - some legal aspects re street people

Mercy Street Ministries - Taking Jesus to the Streets