Created to Flourish: Recent Episodes
HOPE International
Authors Peter Greer and Phil Smith draw on their personal experiences to discuss proven solutions for effectively alleviating poverty. Created to Flourish examines the pitfalls of traditional approaches and outlines a new model of economic development aimed at breaking the cycle of dependency.
In our final episode, we’ll share one last story of flourishing from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In this episode, we’ll talk through some of the common pitfalls microfinance institutions face—and how to avoid them.
In this episode, we’ll get practical—and talk about how you and your church can get involved with microfinance.
In this episode, we’ll learn how the local church can help facilitate savings group programs.
In this episode, we’ll talk about how the local church plays a crucial role in serving the community around it, and why HOPE International incorporates the Gospel into its services.
In this episode, we’ll put things in perspective, discussing how microfinance and savings groups fit into the larger set of tools that fight poverty.
In this episode, we’ll talk about some of the diverse services that microfinance organizations provide to their clients.
In this episode, we’ll talk about the microfinance movement and its impact around the world.
In this episode, we’ll delve more deeply into savings groups—what they are, how they work, and why they matter.
In this episode, we’ll talk about why it matters when individuals receive access to small loans and a safe place to save.
In this episode, we’ll talk about God’s design for all people to work—and what it means when people do not have the opportunity to work.
In this episode, we’ll hear how traditional solutions to poverty not only often fail—but also can hurt the very communities they seek to aid.
In this episode, Phil Smith delves into how the church is uniquely called to respond to global need, following Christ’s example.
In this episode, Peter Greer explores the scope of global need—and how poverty in developing countries differs from poverty in the United States.
In this episode, we’ll hear from our two authors about their experiences grappling with questions of global need.
In this episode, we’ll hear how a Pennsylvania farmer’s experience in post-Soviet Union Ukraine led him to found a microfinance institution.