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Helps generate untapped volunteer resources that already exist in local churches
to meet needs both within and outside the church.
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Screens requests for help as to nature, extent, and legitimacy.
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Helps prevent church duplication of existing services already available in the community.
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Discovers if those requesting assistance are already receiving help from other churches
or agencies. The Love INC screening process ensures legitimate needs are met.
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Provides long-term, self-help solutions for those who are chronically in need or
have multiple needs.
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Enables churches to assist those outside of their own congregation and be good stewards
of church resources.
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Helps prevent churches from building dependency in those they assist by discovering
and solving problems at the root level.
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Helps the church to “own” its ministry to those in need, since Love INC is a Clearinghouse
to assist churches to reach out.
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Helps provide specific, manageable opportunities for churches to reach out with
God’s love to people in need.
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Lessens the burden of any one church by increasing the use of volunteers to meet
legitimate needs and rotating assistance among network churches. Love INC is very
cost-effective.
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Offers a unified witness of God’s love to the community as Christian churches work
together in the name of Christ.
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Offers a proven, replicable model that can be easily translated in new communities.
Love INC has an established track record in cities of all sizes.
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