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If you're a young person living in New England and you want to make a difference for God, but need some cash to make it happen, the Social Change Competition sponsored by Park Street Church in Boston might be for you! The goal of the competition is to help young people develop a new strategy of missions that relates the good news of Jesus to the poor, the disadvantaged and the environment.

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Is Greed Taking Over the Microcredit Industry?
NEIL MacFARQUHAR, NY Times April 20, 2010
Proponents of the microcredit industry, which began as an opportunity to help poor people get out of poverty through small business ventures, are worried by the direction the industry is taking. Seeking to prosper from the poor, many banks are charging outrageous interest rates of 100 percent or more from their impoverished customers.

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What's the best way to spread the gospel worldwide? Through mass media? The internet? Or personal, face-to-face evangelism? The upcoming, 24-hour "2010 Denver Seminar" will address the need to effectively integrate all such modes of communication for the most effective results. Join the discussion May 13 and 14!

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If you own an iPhone, be sure to check out a new application called "DoGood" that encourages individuals around the world to perform the same random act of kindness in one day. Maybe technology really is the best vehicle for changing the world, although one new study suggests that what young philanthropists in the digital age really value is face-time.

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In his new book, Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith, renowned physician and geneticist Francis Collins guides readers through the writings of many of the world's greatest thinkers - philosophers, preachers, poets and scientists - to revisit the long-standing intellectual tradition on the side of faith.

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What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice
Jim Wallis, The Huffington Post April 5, 2010
Stating that "social justice" is a "perversion of the gospel," television host Glenn Beck recently urged Christians to leave their churches if their pastor used the term or if it appeared anywhere on a church's website. Here, Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, an organization whose mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, responds to those comments and expands on his definition biblical social justice.

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Related: Where Jim Wallis Stands, Christianity Today