Suffer the Children

How We Can Help Improve the Lives of the World’s Impoverished Children

Gary Scott Smith, Jane Marie Smith

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781532600715
  9781532600739
• eBook ISBN:
  9781532600722
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

We all say that we care about children. We all know that millions of children around the world, including in the United States, are suffering physically, materially, and emotionally and are unable to reach their full potential. Moreover, their material deprivation and physical ills often prevent them from responding to the gospel. Most of us conclude that we cannot do anything significant to help the impoverished children living in our own backyards let alone those living in the slums of Nairobi or the hinterlands of Haiti. We can, however, do much to improve their lives materially and spiritually. Through praying, giving generously, sponsoring children, volunteering with aid organizations, living more simply, investing and shopping more prudently, and advocating more zealously in the political arena, we can make a difference. We can prod politicians, business executives, and church leaders to prioritize aiding destitute children. We can support one of the hundreds of organizations that are working effectively to help indigent children have better lives. Suffer the Children describes the plight of poor children and provides many practical ways we can participate in one of the most important crusades to improve our world.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Solving the World’s Water and Food Crisis
• Chapter 3: Reducing Global Violence and Protecting Property Rights
• Chapter 4: Curbing Gang Membership and Youth Violence in the United States
• Chapter 5: Improving Education for Impoverished Children in Developing Nations
• Chapter 6: Improving Education for Low-Income Children in the United States
• Chapter 7: Abolishing Human Trafficking
• Chapter 8: Caring for Orphans and Neglected Children
• Chapter 9: Living on Minimum Wage in America
• Chapter 10: How Businesses Can Help Impoverished Children
• Chapter 11: How Microfinance Can Help Impoverished Children
• Chapter 12: How Government Can Help Impoverished Children
• Chapter 13: How Churches Can Help Impoverished Children
• Chapter 14: The Moral Equivalent of War
• Bibliography