Your Field Guide to Helping that Helps
Discover
Learn 5 key themes of effective poverty alleviation, with real-world examples.
Reflect
Think through helpful questions and uncover what these principles mean for your context.
Get Creative!
Explore innovative ways to apply these principles in your ministry.
What People are Saying About the Book
“I’ve been waiting for a field guide like this, which provides formative stories and tangible best practices to help address brokenness and poverty through the pursuit of personal, communal and systemic transformation.”
“With honesty and humility, A Field Guide to Becoming Whole roots out the invisible idol of the American Dream that has seduced many Western Christians and tragically hampered efforts at poverty alleviation. Fikkert and Kapic offer pointed and practical advice, reminding us that God’s kingdom is an upside-down world where the pursuit of wholeness—rather than wealth—honors the inherent dignity and worth of all stakeholders.”
Dr. Irwyn Ince, Director of the Grace DC Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission.
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Meet the Authors

Brian Fikkert
Brian Fikkert is the founder and president of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College, where he also serves as a professor of economics and community development. He is the coauthor of several books, including When Helping Hurts and From Dependence to Dignity.

Kelly Kapic
Dr. Kelly Kapic (PhD King's College, University of London) is professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has taught since 2001. He has written and edited numerous books, including Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, which won the Book of the Year Award from Christianity Today in the category of Theology and Ethics.