Poverty

Poverty is one of the major challenges facing the global community today. Although there has been much progress towards eliminating poverty over the past 3 decades, around 10% of the world’s population still live in extreme poverty. Christians believe that all people are created in God’s image (Genesis 1:27), that God wants all people to experience life to the full (John 10:10) and that God calls us to love our neighbours as ourselves (Mark 12:31). Christians therefore are called to respond to the issue of poverty with loving action – personally, locally and globally. This unit will deepen students understanding of the issue of poverty, the Biblical perspective on it and also provide opportunities and encouragement for them to develop their own response.