Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/810875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teach a Man to Fish: Engaging the Local Church to Create Sustainable, Transformational Missions Author: Charlie Vittitow, Florence Muindi Narrator: Cynthia Kimola, Brian Conover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 3, 2024 Genres: Counseling & Inspirational Publisher's Summary: You’ve probably heard the old saying, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” The same basic principle applies to missions work. Too many churches and other missions organizations over-emphasize Relief Aid―no-strings-attached, handouts of vital supplies given in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. While necessary and lifesaving, Relief Aid is only a temporary fix. Once the funds dry up and the ground team leaves, the impoverished community is often no better off than they were before. In Teach a Man to Fish, the authors illustrate the benefits of “wholistic transformational development,” where―through engagement with the local church― the community is empowered to identify and carry out long-term sustainable solutions to meet its own needs. A few of the steps that “wholistic transformational development” includes are: - Give dignity to “the least of these” - Address the root causes of poverty to provide solutions for the affected - Help the vulnerable to become empowered in their own communities Filled with real-life stories from the authors’ own experiences, Teach a Man to Fish provides churches and missions organizations with a blueprint for helping people help themselves in order to create lasting change and long-term sustainability and independence.