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Feb 9, 2020

Mid-America Grad Helping Ministries Reach the Poor

by Mid-America Communications
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On February 12, Randy Pool, CEO of Compassion Ministries, will lead two seminars designed to help Christians better engage with the poor among us. The seminars, Ministering Through a Poverty Window and Transforming Benevolent Ministry, will begin at 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at Mid-America’s Cordova, TN Campus (2095 Appling Road).

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This conference will help:

To assist ministry workers who are engaged with low-income people groups in:

  • Understanding the worldview distinctives  between the different economic classes.
  • Recognizing how these distinctives affect the way ministry is received.
  • Helping the one ministering to relate effectively to those in need.

Explain Worldview differences between the economic classes:

  • The filters through which you process the people and events around you.
  • The prompters that direct your responses.
  • The standards by which you judge the outcome of activity.
The conference is designed for those currently serving in ministry positions:
  • Pastors
  • Ministry Site Leaders
  • Church Ministry Teams/ Leadership
  • Benevolence personnel
  • Mission Volunteers

To register, visit www.tnccm.org

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