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Effective Compassion explores what’s really working in the fight against poverty and how thinking biblically aids in the restoration of human dignity. This seasonal program is made for people who want to elicit real change because they know true hope.
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Effective Compassion: Bearing heavy burdens - S4.E7
Social workers who wade into a sea of brokenness struggle with trauma transfer
Effective Compassion: Redeeming broken families - S4.E6
Support for struggling parents keeps kids out of foster care
Effective Compassion: Court appointments - S4.E5
Finding compassion between the letters of the law
Effective Compassion: In pursuit of hope - S4.E4
What does it mean to foster from a Christian perspective?
Effective Compassion: Staying close to home - S4.E3
Christians shift international help for children in crisis toward in-country care
Effective Compassion: Rending and repair - S4.E2
The beauty and challenges of adoption
Effective Compassion: Called to care - S4.E1
A history of America's effort to help kids in crisis
Effective Compassion: Called to care - S4.E1
A history of America's effort to help kids in crisis
Effective Compassion: Hard evidence - S3.E10
What proof do we have that prison ministry really works?
Effective Compassion: Carried on to completion - S3.E9
Spiritual support for inmates is just as important after their release as it is behind bars
Effective Compassion: Get out, and stay out - S3.E8
Too many former inmates end up back in prison because they don’t know how to live productive lives on the outside
Effective Compassion: Loving the ones left behind - S3.E7
Prisoners’ families, especially children, are the often-overlooked victims of crime
Effective Compassion: Teach a man to fish - S3.E6
College programs behind bars help train prisoners to live life on the outside
Effective Compassion: Setting prisoners free - S3.E5
At its most basic level, prison ministry is about sharing the gospel
Effective Compassion: Mending broken minds - S3.E4
Trauma healing is vital for many inmates seeking freedom in Christ
Effective Compassion: The court of second chances - S3.E3
Drug court gives addicts the opportunity to stay out of jail and make a fresh start
Effective Compassion: Pipelines to prison - S3.E2
Ministries that change the direction of young people headed down the wrong path
Effective Compassion: Belief in rehabilitation - S3.E1
The U.S. prison system began with the best intentions, but only the gospel offers hope for true transformation
Life behind bars
Season 3 of Effective Compassion focuses on prison ministry