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Fighting injustice

This Bible study can help you explore how injustice may occur in times of disaster response, and how we can respond in a biblical way

14 Oct 2016 Available in English, French and Portuguese

A waste picker collecting plastic bottles at the university dump at twilight in Tanzania. Photo: Daniel Msirikale/Tearfund

From: Reveal toolkit: Influencing decision-makers

Tools sharing good practice on influencing the decisions, policies and practices of powerful decision-makers in order to address underlying causes of poverty, bring justice and support good development

This Bible study is based on Nehemiah 5.

It makes the following key points:

  • The poor complain of being oppressed by the rich (Nehemiah 5:1-5).
  • Nehemiah removes the oppression (Nehemiah 5:6-13).
  • He sets an example of compassion for poor people (Nehemiah 5:14-19).

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