MODULE 10: ADVOCACY

Advocacy is speaking to the rich and powerful on behalf of the poor in order to change the structures of oppression.

Topic 1.  JUSTICE MOVEMENTS (Power Point)
            JESUS, SERVANT OF JUSTICE (Power Point)
Topic 2. LAND RIGHTS
Topic 3.COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
   Readings:
        HELP! HELP! I'M DYING
        WITH JUSTICE FOR ALL
        HOPE FOR A BRAZILIAN SLUM
Topic 4. HIV & AIDS CARE
    Video: PROJECT HALO: MINISTERING TO CHILDREN OF AIDS VICTIMS (on a separate CD - videos may not work on web).
    Video: SERVANTS CAMBODIA (on separate CD)
Topic 5. SPIRITUAL POWERS
     STRUCTURES OF SIN (POWER POINT)
Topic 6. CONNECTING RICH AND POOR CHURCHES

Readings:
            THE ROLE OF THE AFFLUENT CHURCH
            THE VIRTUES OF WOMEN

TRAINING OUTCOMES
1. Understanding: Trainees will understand a Biblical framework for engagement with seeking land rights for the poor.
2. Understanding: Trainees will be familiar with both community development based on economic analysis and community organisational approaches based on justice and political understandings of the causes of poverty.
3. Understanding: Trainees will develop a Biblical understanding for involvement in appropriate issues and levels of justice.
4. Understanding: Trainees will understand the diversity of roles of rich churches in relationship to the poor.
5. Understanding: Trainees will discuss the Biblical and practical relationship of spiritual powers and structures of sin

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