Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

Excerpt: "Nathan and I (Dan) pulled into the Mbanhela community in the Gaza province of Mozambique and were greeted by the high-spirited singing of six women who form the livestock association of that small community. A Christian relief and development organization, of which Nathan is the country director, provided funds for a large chicken coop, feed, supplies, and 300 chickens for the Mbanhela community. In addition, it furnished training in basic animal husbandry and marketing. Every two months the community starts a new cycle with 320 chicks. Raising chickens for income empowers that community and helps it toward health and sustainability. But the goal of raising livestock is not just for community development. The Mbanhela community decided that God had called them to provide a home for twenty-nine orphans and other vulnerable children. (One woman, Pastor Ramira, said to us matter-of-factly, “God tells us to care for the orphans and widows, and so we do.”) Profits from the sale of the chickens help those children attend school and buy books and school supplies."

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Originally published as the foreword and introduction of Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology: Foundations in Scripture, Theology, History, and Praxis, by A.J. Swoboda, Baker Academic, 2014.

Used by permission.

ISBN-13: 978-0801049651

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Evangelical-Ecotheology-Foundations-Scripture/dp/0801049652

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