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 Love in the
Name of Christ (Love INC) is a strategy to help Christian churches help their neighbors
in need.
Love INC
is a network of churches that links church ministries and volunteers to people in
need.
Love INC
is a cooperative effort between churches and community agencies to provide effective
help for the disadvantaged.
Love INC
is a vehicle that helps churches, collectively and individually fulfill their Biblical
mandate to reach out to the poor and needy.
Why do communities need Love INC?
Existing
resources operating independently are not adequate to meet current and growing levels
of need.
One church
alone cannot deal with all of the complex issues of poverty. It takes churches working
together, across denominational lines, to meet these multifaceted needs,
Love INC
shows the love of Jesus Christ and brings hope to the poor and needy of our communities.
How Does Love INC Work?
The Love INC model has three levels. Each level goes deeper in fulfilling Love INC's
mission to transform lives and communities in the Name of Christ.
Level One: Clearinghouse Model.
The Clearinghouse is the foundation of Love INC. Love INC receives requests for
help, screens the requests for extent of need and legitimacy and refers the requests
to a local church ministry, church volunteers, or community agency. Love INC follows
up to ensure the need was met and to offer spiritual support.
Level Two:
Relational Ministry Model. Church members are trained and linked by Love INC with
individuals and families in need on a long-term basis to provide mentoring, goal
setting and spiritual and emotional support, along with the full array of services
and resource s available in the Love INC network.
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Level Three:
Community Development Model. Love INC goes even further to meet
the needs of communities y addressing the deeper issues that contribute to poverty
and hopelessness.
Why does Love INC work?
There are
unlimited resources in the Body of Christ that Love INC mobilizes on behalf of those
in need.
Love INC
gives Christians specific faith and love to work in the service of people in need.
Because Scripture
tells us love never fails (I Corinthians 13:8).
Who benefits from Love INC?
The local
Church Love INC works for the church by:
 Helping
congregations organize to serve people in need.
Giving
congregations specific manageable opportunities to serve.
People in
need, Love INC mobilizes and connects resources to transform lives.
Community
agencies, Working cooperatively with agencies, Love INC mobilizes human and program
resources to supplement agency efforts.
How is Love INC developed in a community?
Upon request,
the Love INC National Headquarters provides an information packet and materials,
then a development kit that includes all of the step-by-step instructions needed
to develop a Love INC.
A local development
committee of Christians is formed. The committee implements the development steps
assisted by the Love INC National Headquarters.
The National
Headquarters provides a series of ongoing trainings on how to put the Love INC model
into action in the community.
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