Approximately $100 billion is donated to the American church annually, yet America is still plagued with homelessness, poverty, poor education systems, inadequate health care, and more. People often...
The holidays are full of community. We get together with friends and family. We congregate and celebrate. But we also remember those who are less fortunate, those who...
If you are a regular IFWE blog reader, you know we hope to educate and inspire Christians to live out a biblical theology that integrates faith, work, and...
The Christian economists and professors IFWE works with have been studying the best ways to improve the economy and alleviate poverty for years. Who better to ask about...
The world is ravaged by poverty, and the way we strive to fight poverty isn’t working. Our goal is flourishing, and the means to achieve this goal is...
We’ve seen people struggling to make ends meet, homeless people on the side of the road, hungry children, the list goes on. Our hearts are filled with compassion...
The poor will always be with us, but such a sobering reality does not free us from an obligation to work to alleviate the ravages of poverty. On...
In his essay “Fifth Avenue, Uptown,” author James A. Baldwin famously said, “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”...
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Another Day, Another Article on Why Extreme Poverty Is Declining and No One Knows about It
At the beginning of the month, Fraser Nelson, a columnist with The Spectator, asked, “Around the world, poverty is collapsing. Why is that so hard to believe?” As...