Emphasis Preaching Journal

Poverty plagues America. The U.S. Census Bureau reported at the end of 2012 that 16% of Americans were in poverty. And it is estimated that nearly half the people on the globe are in that condition. The idea that the church should do something about this is a controversial topic, and most Americans (54% as per a 2012 Gallup poll) would not look favorably on the idea that the church should work for change in our economic structures. And yet the church has historically seen economics as part of its agenda.