When Helping Works Alleviating Fear and Pain in Global Missions Michael Bamwesigye Badriaki Randy S Woodley 9781532608933 Books
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Today, people from various parts of the world who are interested in helping fellow human beings impacted by famine, epidemics, wars, and poverty are uniquely positioned. They are interconnected due to globalization's impact, which also has implications for intercultural work and global missions. The ability to help people is a constructive asset, which calls for the need to build friendships and partnerships across the globe. Helping well depends on a number of factors, yet this book looks into the impact of stereotype threat and its effects on intercultural identities, the perceptions of others, and performance in intercultural missions. Human interactions continue to suffer due to fears, anxious reactions about confirming negative stereotypes about a person's identity, abilities, and effectiveness in global missions. Stereotype threat happens when caricatures and negative understandings about people's identities are invoked.
When Helping Works Alleviating Fear and Pain in Global Missions Michael Bamwesigye Badriaki Randy S Woodley 9781532608933 Books
In “When Helping Works,” Dr. Michael Badriaki offers an alternative perspective for Christians who seek to engage in intercultural work, particularly in short term service. Dr. Badriaki’s writing is both academic and human. His theses are well supported by research and made real through his use of story – through telling the experiences of those who have gone to serve interculturally, and those who have been on the “receiving” end of such service. Some of these are stories of error, while others are stories of promise. Of note is his discussion of stereotype threat, which includes highlighting how the negative perceptions of those around us, as well as what we believe those negative stereotypes might be about ourselves, may raise our anxiety and prevent us from engaging in meaningful relationship and partnership. Michael invites the reader to “try and be a friend, a sister, and a brother before you seek to be a hero? Try to extend a hand of friendship and thus engage in the journey of sisterhood or brotherhood.” (p. 127) Michael provides a historical context, and raises strong challenges to short term service work. At the same time he offers positive suggestions for how we might engage in meaningful and genuine partnership. My only wish is that his last two chapters, which move us toward solution and hope, were longer. Perhaps that will be his next book.Dr. Julie Dodge, Associate Professor of Social Work, Concordia University, Portland.
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When Helping Works Alleviating Fear and Pain in Global Missions Michael Bamwesigye Badriaki Randy S Woodley 9781532608933 Books Reviews
I read this book for a class on leadership. I found it to be a fresh take on missional leadership, flipping my western tendency to view people as problems to be solved and to really see how to reach out and help care for my brothers and sisters in need. If you've read When Helping Hurts you own it to yourself to read this book as well.
This book provides and excellent framework for understanding how evangelical protestant missions and/or mission supporters protect themselves by viewing the mission field as an economic issue, instead of a missional issue. It is an uncomfortable read (in the good way), and the ending brings it home by providing practical, encouraging steps in global missions. It is a convicting and inspiring read, very true to Michael's teaching. I highly recommend this book.
Loved this book by Dr. Badriaki. We have listened to the West speak about what other cultures “need” for far too long. This book helps prescribe new lenses to see the world and helps readers discover our friends globally for who they are. This book will begin (or continue) steps forward in friendship and true Christian mission. Thank you for using your voice Michael!
When Helping Works has definitely prompted me to unlearn and re-learn what missions work really is. It has taught me to honor the stories of the people asking for my help at a deeper level. I am finishing this book with a newfound sense of motivation and urgency to connect with more of my neighbors, both locally and globally.
I read this book as part of a class and it was a great resource in helping me understand the objectives of the class and grow as a leader. It gave me a lot of perspectives I had never considered before and led to a lot of fruitful discussions with classmates. I had never read When Helping Hurts but I think it might be helpful to read that before reading When Helping Works. I would definitely recommend it for someone looking to grow their Christian leadership and mission work.
Born in Kisumu, Kenya, raised in Uganda, and currently residing in the US, Badriaki offers a vital counterpoint to the highly-acclaimed When Helping Hurts. While he agrees that the “missions frenzy” to go help the poor can be harmful, the common ground with Fikkert et. al. ends there. He exposes the systems promoted in When Helping Hurts as simply more of the same, a systematic doubling down on the same attitudes the authors seemingly critique.
His point seems to be that hurting doesn’t spring from helping, but from the heart of the one who helps. When the person helping does so for self-serving purposes, or without examining and abandoning stereotypes of the poor, harm will inevitably follow. And sadly, establishing more "effective" systems for giving only serves to entrench these broken postures of the heart.
But all hope is not lost. Badriaki paves many roads out of harmful missions mindsets as he asks "Before you seek to make an impact, can you try and be a friend, a sister, and a brother before you seek to be a hero?” This more humble and relational approach to missions is full of promise and potential to elevate global missions to the glory of God not man.
A must-read for those called to missions.
Dr. Badriaki writes (referring to Paul in the Bible), "Paul further illustrates that when he is relationally present with people of Jewish culture and those of gentile ethnicities, he seems as one with them while also bearing witness to the gospel."
"When Helping Works" has equipped me to better see, be present with, and build respectful relationships with my neighbors and strangers alike, so that I can better help and serve them (without thinking about it). In turn, I am helped too. Related to this, Badriaki writes, "it is easier to mistrust, mistreat, and objectify someone with whom we do not identify." And, "when you take a closer look at your your life's timeline, you will see that as much as you've helped someone, you've been helped too."
Going on a short or long-term missions trip? Buy "When Helping Works"
Do you work at faith-based or secular non-profit serving those locally and/or overseas? Buy "When Helping Works."
Do you work for the government serving those locally and/or overseas? Buy "When Helping Works."
Do you have a neighbor? Buy "When Helping Works."
Finally, I also see "When Helping Works" as a book on giving. Without over-thinking it, I can better help for the sake of helping (and not expecting anything in return), and give for the sake of giving.
In “When Helping Works,” Dr. Michael Badriaki offers an alternative perspective for Christians who seek to engage in intercultural work, particularly in short term service. Dr. Badriaki’s writing is both academic and human. His theses are well supported by research and made real through his use of story – through telling the experiences of those who have gone to serve interculturally, and those who have been on the “receiving” end of such service. Some of these are stories of error, while others are stories of promise. Of note is his discussion of stereotype threat, which includes highlighting how the negative perceptions of those around us, as well as what we believe those negative stereotypes might be about ourselves, may raise our anxiety and prevent us from engaging in meaningful relationship and partnership. Michael invites the reader to “try and be a friend, a sister, and a brother before you seek to be a hero? Try to extend a hand of friendship and thus engage in the journey of sisterhood or brotherhood.” (p. 127) Michael provides a historical context, and raises strong challenges to short term service work. At the same time he offers positive suggestions for how we might engage in meaningful and genuine partnership. My only wish is that his last two chapters, which move us toward solution and hope, were longer. Perhaps that will be his next book.
Dr. Julie Dodge, Associate Professor of Social Work, Concordia University, Portland.
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