And Who Is My Neighbor? Poverty, Privilege and the Gospel of Christ

And Who is My Neighbor?
Poverty, Privilege and the Gospel of Christ

by Gerald W. Schlabach

This book allows church people in North America to step into the world of the poor and to look at poverty in new ways. Sunday school classes, study groups, and individual readers may begin building new relationships with poor people -- by hearing the poor tell their own stories and learning to read the Bible through their eyes.

Schlabach tells how personal encounters with poor people can deepen faith and offer true wealth as Jesus understood it. Stories depict lifegiving values of friendship, hospitality, and sharing, in various countries.

The book guides readers in studying Scripture. Groups may discover how it feels to be poor, what Jesus cared about most, and what in life is really important.

The last four chapters provide resources for persons and groups to begin working for change in ways that help poor people locally and worldwide. Several causes of poverty are shown: unjust economics, militarism, the environment, racism, and discrimination of women.

This book was commissioned by Mennonite Central Committee.

"And Who Is My Neighbor? provides crucial perspectives. I would like to see major Christian mission societies, and development and relief organizations, inviting their missionaries and interns to ponder the implications of this book. I believe it answers within its pages the question raised in its title." -- John M. Perkins, Pasadena, California, in the Forward.

Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8361-3525-3
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