Books to Change Your World:

One: A Face Behind the Numbers (Vaden Earle)
Have the numbers ever seemed too big to comprehend? Have you every wondered what you could do to make a difference? This book is designed to put a face to the vast numbers, and to humanize the most desperate of situations. Eleven chapters illumine the injustices of the humanitarian crisis, accompanied by captivating photos of desperate situations.

Everybody Wants to Change The World: Practical Ideas for Social Justice (Tony Campolo)
All over the world and in your community people are lonely, hungry, sick, struggling to make ends meet, bitter, imprisoned, dying. Do you feel powerless to make a difference? You don't have to be helpless! From the simplest acts of kindness to more complex works of mercy, you'll find more than 100 practical ideas for compassionately responding to the needs of others. It's all here, from suggestions about working with the poor to honoring and assisting the elderly; helping immigrants assimilate and supporting the sick; respecting and serving the disabled, showing compassion to those in prison, and caring for the environment. You'll discover practical ways to begin making a difference in your community today, and helping others catch a vision for changing the world! A leader's guide makes this adaptable for group study, as well as individual reading. Jesus calls us to creatively and courageously share the good news by loving our neighbor. It's time to begin!


 

Hope in Troubled Times: A new Vision For Confronting Global Crises (Bob Goudzwaard, Mark VanderVennen, Van Heemst David)
Provides hope for real-world solutions to life-threatening problems such as global poverty, environmental destruction, and terrorism.



 
Sub-Merge: Living Deep in a Shallow World: Service, Justice and Contemplation Among the World's Poor (Dr, Hohn Perkins &
John B. Hayes)
It's time to change the face of poverty, to live our faith authentically and to get involved with the people who need help. It's time to sub-merge ourselves, to go deep--beneath the surface of shallow living--and make a difference in our world!

Rich Christians In An Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity (Ronald Sider)
Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. He has, since before he first published Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger in 1978. Despite a dramatic reduction in world hunger since then, 34,000 children still die daily of starvation and preventable disease, and 1.3 billion people, worldwide, remain in abject poverty. In this new look at an age-old problem, Sider offers not only a detailed explanation of the causes, but also a comprehensive series of practical solutions, in the hopes that Christians like him will choose to make a difference.


Skeptics Guide to Global Poverty (Dale Hanson Bourke)
Why are so many people still poor, and what if anything can be done to help them? The Skeptics Guide to Global Poverty provides answers to the challenging questions many people have about the poor. Ranging from how poor people feel to ways governments keep their people poor, the book discusses various aspects of poverty and its affects. It also considers various approaches to solving issues relating to poverty, including child labor, malnutrition, sex trafficking, refugees, and national debt. The book looks at institutions such as the World Bank and USAID and explains what they do, how they do it, and why some people criticize them.It redefines current events such as the minimum wage, immigration issues, health insurance, and debt forgiveness. It helps explain many of the issues humanitarian organizations are seeking to address, such as infant mortality, food security, and child development, and will be a useful tool for donor education. 

Justice In The Burbs: Being The Hands Of Jesus Wherever You Live (Will & Lisa Samson)Award-winning Christian novelist Lisa Samson (Songbird; Quaker Summer) and her husband, sociology doctoral student Will Samson, intertwine fiction and nonfiction in this challenging and inspiring book about justice. Lisa Samson's novella features the Marshalls, a suburban family with all the accoutrements: Matt climbs the corporate ladder, Christine cares for their three children, and both are busy with numerous church leadership positions. One day, Matt and Christine visit an inner-city mission, and their ideas about how they should be living gradually but dramatically change. The nonfiction portion of the book examines the issues these characters (and most of the book's readership) face. The Samsons talk about why God cares what we eat, where we live, how much electricity we use and to whom we minister. Astonishingly, the authors manage to do this without hitting a sanctimonious note. On the contrary, they repeatedly highlight the heartbreak and complexity of what they refer to as thinking and living in keeping with God's heartbeat of justice and frequently acknowledge their own struggles and failures. The Samsons include short meditations at the end of each chapter written by a variety of Christian authors, as well as a series of helpful discussion questions at the end.