Global Poverty is Offensive to God

Many people in the developing world experience depths of poverty that few in New Zealand would be asked to endure: physical poverty, spiritual poverty, poverty of opportunity and poverty of hope.  With limited access to resources, the world’s poor find themselves trapped in daily cycles that ensure their basic survival but provide little opportunity for them to make choices that will result in long-term positive changes in their lives.

This poverty is offensive to God.  He created each person with unique gifts and abilities and planned that they would develop these talents to their fullest potential.  By developing their gifts, they would have the ability to not only survive, but to contribute to the growth and well being of their families and communities.  However without access to land, finance, education and health care, most of the world’s poor do not experience all that was originally intended for them by their Creator.