Ep. 21: Poverty, Justice, and Jesus with Dr. Alvin Sanders [you + me series]
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ABOUT THE EPISODE
In episode 21, Sarah talks with Dr. Alvin Sanders—president and CEO of World Impact—about our relationships to poverty, justice, and Jesus within the local church. Dr. Sanders shares about his start in urban ministry and how his experiences have reshaped his understanding of poverty and of God’s desire for all communities to flourish. They discuss what it looks like on the practical level for individuals and local churches to engage in redemptive poverty work, right where they are.
MEET THE GUEST
Alvin Sanders is the president and CEO of World Impact. Author of Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good, he previously served as a pastor, church planter, and denominational leader for the Evangelical Free Church of America, leading its All People Initiative. Sanders earned a BA in biblical studies from Cincinnati Christian University, an MA in religion and urban ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a PhD in educational leadership from Miami University. He and his family live in Cincinnati.
You can find out more about Dr. Sanders’ work at WorldImpact.org and connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
EPISODE NOTES
Dr. Sanders tells the story of launching a church in the community where the Timothy Thomas shooting happened in Cincinnati (a tragedy that he likened to the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson as well as the recent deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor).
The Social Dilemma (documentary currently on Netflix)
The story of the prodigal son (from Luke 15)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Psalm 46:10 - “Be still…”
What Dr. Sanders is reading: Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by Sen. John Lewis (biography/memoir)
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