Christianity, Poverty and Wealth: The Findings of Project 21

"The study nicknamed 'Project 21' set out to clarify policies for the future. It asked questions about the nature and causes of poverty and wealth, their relation to the work and teachings of the churches, and what responses the churches should now be making. Poor and rich communities, government officials, academics, non-governmental organizations, church leaders and the private sector in over 24 countries were involved." "The findings, drawn together in this book, deliberately avoid the usual statistics and try to allow the voices of these people, especially poorer people, to come through." The conclusions emphasize that 'wealth' is as much of an issue as 'poverty', and call for much clearer Christian teaching on justice and the economic order. They support moves towards a global alliance of local and national churches as a more effective instrument for achieving structural change. They ask for the strategic nature of development projects and programmes to be reassessed. And they assert that local congregations should be taken far more seriously and inspired and equipped to help bring about God's justice.


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