Seite 7 - Welfare Ministry (1952)

Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Section 1—The Divine Philosophy of Suffering and Poverty . . . . . 9
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1—Why Poverty and Distress? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2—Christ’s Sympathy for Suffering Humanity . . . . . . . 16
Section 2—God’s Program for His Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3—Isaiah 58—A Divine Prescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 4—This is Pure Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 5—The Parable of the Good Samaritan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 3—The New Testament Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 6—Our Example in Welfare Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 7—Visitation—The New Testament Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 8—Dorcas—Her Ministry and its Influence . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 4—Neighborhood Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 9—Types of Work in Neighborhood Evangelism . . . . . 48
Chapter 10—Kindness the Key to Hearts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 11—How to Visit and What to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 12—The Effectiveness of Visitation Evangelism . . . . . 66
Chapter 13—Organizing the Church for Welfare Ministry . . . . . 72
Section 5—Relieving Suffering Humanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 14—In the Footsteps of the Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Chapter 15—Medical Ministry in the Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 16—Preparing for Last-Day Crises and Disasters . . . . . 93
Section 6—The Dorcas Movement in the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Gem Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 17—Women Called to the Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter 18—Qualifications of Women for Service . . . . . . . . . . 105
Chapter 19—The Influence of Christian Women . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Section 7—The Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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