The Chalmers Center at Covenant College

?? Join Our Mission-Driven Team at The Chalmers Center! ?? Are you passionate about rethinking poverty and equipping God's people with practical, biblical solutions to help communities flourish? If you’re looking for meaningful work that integrates faith and impact, we’d love to hear from you! ?? We’re Hiring for These Key Roles: ?? Director of Generosity – Advance our fundraising efforts and inspire generosity to further our mission. ?? Generosity Specialist – Build meaningful gift partner relationships and ensure seamless fundraising processes. ?? Digital Marketing Specialist – Elevate our online presence through strategic digital engagement. ?? Partner Engagement Specialist – ?Cultivate partnerships that expand our reach and impact. ?? Why Chalmers? ? Work with purpose – Use your talents to serve God’s Kingdom. ? Collaborative culture – A small, passionate team that values prayer, laughter, and deep conversations. ? Competitive benefits – Medical, dental, vision, 401k match, paid staff retreats, and more. ? Beautiful Chattanooga, TN – Live and work in one of America’s best mid-sized cities. ?? Apply today at chalmers.org/careers ?? Know someone who’d be a great fit? Tag them in the comments! Let’s rethink poverty together. #Hiring #FaithAndWork #NonprofitJobs #ChalmersCenter #KingdomImpact #RethinkPoverty

?? Join Our Mission-Driven Team at The Chalmers Center! ?? Are you passionate about rethinking poverty and equipping God's people with practical, biblical solutions to help communities flourish? If you’re looking for meaningful work that integrates faith and impact, we’d love to hear from you! ?? We’re Hiring for These Key Roles: ?? Director of Generosity – Advance our fundraising efforts and inspire generosity to further our mission. ?? Generosity Specialist – Build meaningful gift partner relationships and ensure seamless fundraising processes. ?? Digital Marketing Specialist – Elevate our online presence through strategic digital engagement. ?? Partner Engagement Specialist – ?Cultivate partnerships that expand our reach and impact. ?? Why Chalmers? ? Work with purpose – Use your talents to serve God’s Kingdom. ? Collaborative culture – A small, passionate team that values prayer, laughter, and deep conversations. ? Competitive benefits – Medical, dental, vision, 401k match, paid staff retreats, and more. ? Beautiful Chattanooga, TN – Live and work in one of America’s best mid-sized cities. ?? Apply today at chalmers.org/careers ?? Know someone who’d be a great fit? Tag them in the comments! Let’s rethink poverty together. #Hiring #FaithAndWork #NonprofitJobs #ChalmersCenter #KingdomImpact #RethinkPoverty

In 2019, Living Water International began to shift their work from a solely well-centered approach to more sustainable, community-driven solutions. As they embraced a new model, they also reimagined their short-term mission trips. They integrated Chalmers' principles as part of their training, helping trip participants realized their role wasn’t to fix, but to listen, learn, encourage, and grow. "We used to ask communities 'How can we help?' Now, influenced by the Chalmers Center's insights, we enter with a different question: 'What can we learn?' That shift has been profound, allowing us to engage in ways that honor the dignity, strengths, and leadership of the communities we serve." Jonathan Wiles, Chief Operating Officer, Living Water International https://lnkd.in/egfjUzHt

At Chalmers, we lament the recent loss of several assistance programs that have been paused or closed, leaving many of our ministry partners struggling to continue their vital work. We believe this is an opportunity for Christians to step up—to give generously, to pray fervently, and to stand in the gap for those in need. We serve a Lord who demonstrated His compassion in His sacrificial generosity to us, who, “though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich” (2 Cor. 8:9). Christ’s example is not just something we point to, but something we all are called to live into as His followers. We honor God when we live with open hands toward those He has entrusted to our care. Read more on our blog: https://lnkd.in/exeaW4ma

There are still a few slots for our Spring Ambassador cohorts that start in just 8 days. This 2-month deep-dive in a biblical framework for understanding poverty and poverty alleviation only comes around twice each year. If you've been thinking about joining us, now's your chance!

On our blog, we have a series that reviews the Ministry Design Principles established by A Field Guide to Becoming Whole. The final post in this series focuses on addressing brokenness. Creating and stewarding God’s Kingdom Community means that we need to actively care about our stories, practices, systems, people, and spirits, which these twenty principles seek to address. Together, these principles help us steer our ministries toward a whole, flourishing community in Christ. https://lnkd.in/ewNmmg-U

Many people read When Helping Hurts or Becoming Whole and discover their church or nonprofit needs to shift their approach to poverty alleviation. Often, they realize they need some fresh tools and experience to connect the concepts in the book to ministry in their own communities. At The Chalmers Center, we get a lot of questions from those who want to be more involved in walking alongside their neighbors in material poverty but feel uncertain and overwhelmed trying to figure out the “right way” to do that. ??They want to help without hurting but aren’t sure how.?? During the past 25 years, in addition to publishing books about poverty alleviation, Chalmers has been creating training for use in both the U.S. and the Majority World (Africa, Asia, and Latin America). These field-tested programs are built on God’s story of change and community development best practices to help you put a biblical framework for addressing poverty into practice. In this post, we’ll share how you can get trained to implement our U.S. programs in your church or community. ?? https://lnkd.in/eBjrjKhM

The new year is upon us. Though it can be rather an arbitrary transition—the turning from December 31 to January 1 leaves us in the same season, with little visibly changing about the world from one day to the next—most of us mark a new year with a new plan or set of goals. At the Chalmers Center, we always notice an uptick in people reaching out to us for training and resources around the beginning of the year. Perhaps you and your church or ministry are thinking of how to improve your work and witness in the coming year. You might want to do more and do better, or you might want to do less and be more intentional in what you pursue. Often, people start their planning process by asking us “What should I do to serve people in material poverty in my community?” They are sometimes perplexed when we respond with invitations to an online training to help them develop relationships across socioeconomic lines or recommend a book about the shortcomings of the American dream or a Bible study about the kingdom of God. “No, you don’t understand. I just want some practical tips to help people.” The reality is that over the many years we have been helping churches, nonprofits, and individuals to walk alongside people in material poverty, we have learned two key things... Keep reading --> https://lnkd.in/eMycdvr8

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS Together, we're helping God's people rethink poverty, love our neighbors, and foster thriving communities that walk alongside those in poverty. As we step into this new year, generous donors (like you!) are leading the way with a $150,000 match! There's still time to partner with Chalmers through a year-end gift. chalmers.org/donate

As we celebrate Chalmers’ 25th anniversary, we are filled with gratitude for what God has done. ?? When Helping Hurts awakened the church to a new approach to poverty alleviation. Since its release, we’ve published nine more transformative books, selling over 728,000 copies—each one equipping churches and individuals to create lasting change. ?? Through Chalmers’ biblically-rooted resources, churches and nonprofits have: - Revitalized benevolence ministries. - Launched job readiness and financial education programs. - Established savings groups in 35 countries. - Designed countless gospel-centered poverty alleviation initiatives around the world. ?? God has blessed us with incredible partnerships with organizations like HOPE International, Prison Fellowship, Citygate Network, Compassion International, and many others. Together, we’re addressing poverty’s root causes, reaching over 2.3 million people living in poverty! We praise?God for his provision over the past 25 years and look forward with eager hearts to what He will accomplish in the years to come. Generous partners, like you, are leading the way with a $150,000 match. With 5 days left in 2024, will you help us reach our goal? www.chalmers.org/donate