Could We End Poverty in Our Lifetime?
Entrapped in Slavery—for Life
Sanjiv, his wife, and their children are slave workers in a quarry in India—all because of a $680 loan.
Sanjiv borrowed the money from a private lender in order to provide the needed dowry so his 17-year-old daughter Amuda could marry. When Sanjiv was unable to repay this loan, he borrowed money from the owner of a quarry. This unscrupulous owner paid off Sanjiv’s first loan with a high-interest second loan—and put him to work in the quarry until he could pay off his new debt.
That was a few years ago. Today, Sanjiv and his family still work in that quarry, cutting stone with heavy sledgehammers and sleeping in a rickety hut. His loan is not paid off—and there seems to be no hope in sight.
“I have to carry on with this work,” he says. “There is no way out.” Sanjiv and his family are slaves, entrapped in extreme poverty.
Capturing God's Heart
In 2008, a small group of Christians in Oxford, England prayed, asking God for guidance for the next generation of Christ followers. God’s answer was short and clear: 58—as in Isaiah 58, a passage of Scripture that captures God’s heart around issues of poverty and oppression.
This small group of Christians took action and formed 58. And they are on a mission to engage the global church to end extreme poverty by 2035.
Free Pre-Release Movie Screening of 58
On May 4, 7:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Willow Creek South Barrington airs a free pre-release screening of 58,a film that dares to envision a world where people have sufficiency. A world where the local church becomes the transformative agent that can wipe out extreme poverty. You are that agent.
Entrapped in Slavery—for Life
Sanjiv, his wife, and their children are slave workers in a quarry in India—all because of a $680 loan.
Sanjiv borrowed the money from a private lender in order to provide the needed dowry so his 17-year-old daughter Amuda could marry. When Sanjiv was unable to repay this loan, he borrowed money from the owner of a quarry. This unscrupulous owner paid off Sanjiv’s first loan with a high-interest second loan—and put him to work in the quarry until he could pay off his new debt.
That was a few years ago. Today, Sanjiv and his family still work in that quarry, cutting stone with heavy sledgehammers and sleeping in a rickety hut. His loan is not paid off—and there seems to be no hope in sight.
“I have to carry on with this work,” he says. “There is no way out.” Sanjiv and his family are slaves, entrapped in extreme poverty.
Capturing God's Heart
In 2008, a small group of Christians in Oxford, England prayed, asking God for guidance for the next generation of Christ followers. God’s answer was short and clear: 58—as in Isaiah 58, a passage of Scripture that captures God’s heart around issues of poverty and oppression.
This small group of Christians took action and formed 58. And they are on a mission to engage the global church to end extreme poverty by 2035.
Free Pre-Release Movie Screening of 58
On May 4, 7:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Willow Creek South Barrington airs a free pre-release screening of 58,a film that dares to envision a world where people have sufficiency. A world where the local church becomes the transformative agent that can wipe out extreme poverty. You are that agent.
Willow Creek Community Church
67 E. Algonquin Road
So. Barrington, IL 60010
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