The Factory Ministries is addressing poverty (facing any person at any age) by empowering people, connecting resources, and building community. We believe that by equipping people with tools and resources through relationships, we alleviate poverty in ways that work and last.
A Typical Approach to Poverty
Enable
I give to you because you are in need and I have the resources to help. I do not expect anything in return although I often wonder what you are going to do to change the situation.
Change
I still give to you but I am frustrated that you are not doing anything to change your situation. I try harder, and I try to change you so that you can overcome your problems.
Judge
I am frustrated and decide that I am not going to help you anymore or at all. It seems to me that you are doing nothing to help yourself. I don’t understand why you won’t change.
A Different Approach:
Empower
I am not going to judge you or try to change you. I realize that your situation is complicated and my easy solutions may not work. I will support you in your journey but I will not just give to you. I will help provide the resources that you need to make your own changes. I know that financial resources are only part of the problem and that you may need other resources including: physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and relational.
In this way, a person moves from the fated victim to the hero of their story.
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