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Everybody Can Have a Part in Helping the Homeless

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Everybody Has a Part Even in Ministry with the HomelessSometimes we do nothing about homelessness because we don’t know what real difference we as individuals, or even as a local church, can make. God never intended for one person to do it all. When everybody does their part, we can make a greater impact.

From Him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (Eph. 4:16)

To know your part, start by identifying the spiritual gifts God has given you. Then look for ways to serve that fit your gifting.

Spiritual Gifts Help Identify the Part Everybody Can Have in Helping the Homeless

While the spiritual gifts of mercy, giving, exhortation, hospitality, and service may be most commonly used in a ministry with people who are homeless, that doesn’t mean people with other spiritual gifts can’t get meaningfully involved.

Ministry with people who are homeless is used as an example in the Ministry Handbook: Spiritual Gifts in Use of how there can be a place for the use of almost all spiritual gifts in a given ministry. Sometimes people have a passion toward an area of need but don’t have the spiritual gifts typically used in that ministry. Or, at times you want to join hands in a church-wide effort, especially when the need is great. This handbook suggests how people with varying gifts can help in ministry with homeless people in ways that fit their gifting.

When everybody does their part, we can take a more comprehensive approach to homeless ministry while addressing specific, immediate needs.

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