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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: Pure and faultless religion - S4.E10

Only the church can meet the deepest needs of kids in crisis

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Pure and faultless religion - S4.E10


Effective Compassion: Extra needs, special love - S4.E9

Families share their unique calling to care for children with medical challenges

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Extra needs, special love - S4.E9


Effective Compassion: Better together - S4.E8

Not all kids in crisis need—or want—a new family

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Better together - S4.E8


Effective Compassion: Better together - S4.E8

Not all kids in crisis need—or want—a new family

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Better together - S4.E8


Effective Compassion: Bearing heavy burdens - S4.E7

Social workers who wade into a sea of brokenness struggle with trauma transfer

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Bearing heavy burdens - S4.E7


Effective Compassion: Redeeming broken families - S4.E6

Support for struggling parents keeps kids out of foster care

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Redeeming broken families - S4.E6


Effective Compassion: Court appointments - S4.E5

Finding compassion between the letters of the law

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Court appointments - S4.E5


Effective Compassion: In pursuit of hope - S4.E4

What does it mean to foster from a Christian perspective?

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: In pursuit of hope - S4.E4


Effective Compassion: Staying close to home - S4.E3

Christians shift international help for children in crisis toward in-country care

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Staying close to home - S4.E3


Effective Compassion: Rending and repair - S4.E2

The beauty and challenges of adoption

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Rending and repair - S4.E2


Effective Compassion: Called to care - S4.E1

A history of America's effort to help kids in crisis

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Called to care - S4.E1


Effective Compassion: Called to care - S4.E1

A history of America's effort to help kids in crisis

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Called to care - S4.E1


Effective Compassion Season 4 Trailer
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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion Season 4 Trailer


Effective Compassion: Hard evidence - S3.E10

What proof do we have that prison ministry really works?

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Hard evidence - S3.E10


Effective Compassion: Carried on to completion - S3.E9

Spiritual support for inmates is just as important after their release as it is behind bars

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Carried on to completion - S3.E9


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

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Get out, and stay out - S3.E8


Effective Compassion: Loving the ones left behind - S3.E7

Prisoners’ families, especially children, are the often-overlooked victims of crime

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Loving the ones left behind - S3.E7


Effective Compassion: Teach a man to fish - S3.E6

College programs behind bars help train prisoners to live life on the outside

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Teach a man to fish - S3.E6


Effective Compassion: Setting prisoners free - S3.E5

At its most basic level, prison ministry is about sharing the gospel

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Setting prisoners free - S3.E5


Effective Compassion: Mending broken minds - S3.E4

Trauma healing is vital for many inmates seeking freedom in Christ

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WORLD Radio - Effective Compassion: Mending broken minds - S3.E4


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