Dr. Froh presents what the Biblical Charity Institute is and what it does

Froh, Charles

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND IS IT CARE FOR THE BODY OR CONCERN FOR THE SOUL?  YES	  BIBLICAL CHARITY A JOURNEY  FROM CONCERN TO CARING SPECIAL	  THANKS	  TO	  	  A	  CUP	  OF	  COLD	  WATER	  •  ALTHOUGH	  AN	  ORIGINAL	  MEMBER	  OF	  BCI,	  TIME	  AND	  AGE	  HAVE	  DIMINISHED	  MUCH	  OF	  WHAT	  I	  WOULD	  ONCE	  HAVE	  REMEMBERED.	  •  I	  OWE	  MUCH	  TO	  THE	  REV.	  DR.	  MICHAEL	  TOTTEN’S	  WORK	  INCLUDED	  IN	  A	  CUP	  OF	  COLD	  WATER	  	  A	  LOOK	  AT	  BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  THAT	  JARRED	  THE	  COBWEBS	  FROM	  MY	  MEMORY	  AND	  ALLOWED	  ME	  TO	  COMPLETE	  THIS	  ASSIGNMENT.	  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND  THE OLD TESTAMENT  THE EARLY CHURCH THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION THE	  MISSOURI	  SYNOD	  AFTER	  W.W.	  2	  THE	  	  EFFECTS	  OF	  A	  SOCIAL	  GOSPEL	  SINCE	  2000	  BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  INC.	  IS	  FORMED	  •  BCI	  WAS	  CONCEIVED	  BY	  A	  DEDICATED	  LUTHERAN	  LAYMAN	  FROM	  NORTHERN	  CALIFORNIA	  AND	  LATER	  INCORPORATED	  AS	  A	  5013C	  NON	  PROFIT	  CORPORATION	  IN	  1988	  .	  FIRST	  CONSIDERATIONS	  WERE:	  1.	  WHO	  SHOULD	  PROVIDE	  CHARITY?	  2.	  WHO	  SHOULD	  RECEIVE	  CHARITY?	  3.	  HOW	  SHOULD	  	  PROVIDER	  AND	  RECEIPIENT	  	  BE	  CONNECTED	  TO	  THE	  CHURCH?	  	  FIRST	  CONSIDERATIONS	  WERE:	  1.	  WHO	  SHOULD	  PROVIDE	  CHARITY?	  2.	  WHO	  SHOULD	  RECEIVE	  CHARITY?	  3.	  HOW	  SHOULD	  	  PROVIDER	  AND	  RECEIPIENT	  	  BE	  CONNECTED	  TO	  THE	  CHURCH?	  	  4.	  METHOD	  OF	  CHARITY	  &	  HOW	  DOES	  	  TEMPORAL	  ASSISTANCE	  RELATE	  TO	  THE	  	  GOSPEL?	  WHAT	  IS	  THE	  GOAL	  OF	  CHARITY	  &	  HOW	  	  MIGHT	  “SUCCESS”	  BE	  MEASURED?	  DEFINING	  “BIBLICAL”	  CHARITY	  ON	  WHICH	  PARTICULAR	  ASPECT	  OF	  CHARITY	  SHOULD	  BCI	  OF	  CA.	  CONCENTRATE?	  “BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  IS	  ANY	  VOLUNTARY,	  UNILATERAL	  TRANSACTION	  WHICH	  IS	  	  COMPATIBLE	  WITH	  BIBLICAL	  	  PRINCIPLES	  WHERE	  TO	  BEGIN?	  BCI	  WAS	  INTRODUCED	  TO	  THE	  TERM	  BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  THROUGH	  THE	  WRITINGS	  OF	  GEORGE	  GRANT.	  (SPECIFICALLY	  HIS	  BOOK	  A	  THEOLOGICAL	  ASSESMENT	  OF	  GRANTS	  BOOK	  	  OFFERED	  THIS	  HELP	  	  SACRAMENTAL	  &	  LITURGICAL	  IN	  NATURE	  BUT	  WITH	  LEANINGS	  TOWARD	  THE	  THEOLOGY	  	  OF	  CALVIN	  GRANTS	  MODEL	  FOR	  BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  FOCUS	  OF	  BCI	  TO	  BE	  EDUCATION	  TOWARD	  BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  •  	  IN	  THE	  EARLY	  PART	  OF	  THE	  1990’S	  AN	  EDUCATIONAL	  	  ASSOCIATION	  WITH	  CONCORDIA	  SEMINARY	  ST.LOUIS	  IS	  FOSTERED.	  	  FROM	  A	  GRANT	  FROM	  BCI	  OF	  CA.	  TOTALLING	  $400,OOO	  	  BCCE	  IS	  BROUGHT	  TO	  LIFE.	  Biblical	  Charity	  ConVnuing	  EducaVon	  program,	  ADMINISTERED	  THROUGH	  CONCORDIA	  SEMINARY.	  	  EARLY	  EFFORTS	  OF	  BCCE	  •  WRITING	  OF	  PAPERS	  •  SPONSORING	  OF	  SEMINARS	  	  •  DELIVERING	  OF	  PAPERS	  	  •  REFINEMENT	  OF	  THEMES	  •  SUPPORT	  FOR	  “CHARITABLE	  PROJECTS”	  •  CASE	  STUDIES	  OF	  CHARITABLE	  ENDEVORS	  •  PUBLICATION	  OF	  	  A	  CUP	  OF	  COLD	  WATER	  	  EARLY	  EFFORTS	  OF	  BCCE	  FROM	  THESE	  EARLY	  EFFORTS,	  BCCE	  RECOGNIZED	  THAT	  IN	  THE	  CHURCHLY	  ARENA	  THERE	  WERE	  	  FOUR	  UNIQUE	  APPROACHES	  TO	  CHARITY.	  THIS	  RECOGNITION	  LEAD	  TO	  THE	  DEVELOPMENTOF	  A	  MEANS	  TO	  EVALUATE	  THESE	  DIFFERING	  METHODS.	  4	  MODELS	  FOR	  BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  	  1.	  CHARITABLE	  COMMERCE	  MODEL	  	  2.	  THE	  BROAD	  SPECTRUM	  MODEL	  	  3.	  THE	  VOCATIONAL	  MODEL	  4.	  THE	  ESCHATOLOGICAL	  MODEL	  EVALUATING	  MODELS	  FOR	  CHARITY	  1.	  WHO	  IS	  THE	  PROVIDER	  OF	  CHARITY?	  	  	  3.	  WHAT	  IS	  THE	  METHOD	  OF	  CHARITY?	  4.	  WHAT	  IS	  THE	  GOAL	  OF	  CHARITY?	  ANALYSIS	  THROUGH	  DEFINITION	  	  2.	  WHO	  IS	  THE	  RECEIPIENT	  OF	  CHARITY?	  1.	  CHARITABLE	  COMMERCE	  MODEL	  	  	  PROVIDERS	   	  RECEIPIENTS	  	  	  GOAL	  	  METHOD	  ANALYSIS	  	  CHURCH:	  SINGULAR	  OR	  PLURAL	  THE	  WILLING	  POOR	  THE	  BOOTSTRAP	  ETHIC	  HELP	  THE	  POOR	  ESCAPE	  POVERTY	  	  PROVIDERS	   	  RECEIPIENTS	  	  	  GOAL	  	  METHOD	  ANALYSIS	  	  	  THE	  CHURCH	  (CORPORATE)	  BEYOND	  BASIC	  NEEDS	  CHRISTS	  EXAMPLE	  AND	  HUMAN	  NEEDS	  INCREASE	  ECCLESIASTICAL	  PROVIDERS	  THE	  BROAD	  SPECTRUM	  MODEL	  3.	  THE	  VOCATIONAL	  MODEL	  	  	  PROVIDERS	   	  RECEIPIENTS	  	  	  GOAL	  	  METHOD	  ANALYSIS	  	  ALL	  OF	  HUMANITY	  EACH	  INDIVUAL	  DECIDES	  	  ACCORDING	  TO	  THEIR	  VOCATION	  CHRISTIANS	  INVOLVED	  IN	  HUMANITY	  NO	  RELATIONSHIP	  BETWEEN	  CHARITY	  AND	  PREACHING	  THE	  GOSPEL	  1ST	  ARTICLE	  ISSUE	  4.	  ESCHATOLOGICAL	  MODEL	  	  	  PROVIDERS	   	  RECEIPIENTS	  	  	  GOAL	  	  METHOD	  ANALYSIS	  	  ALL	  CHRISTIANS	  PRIMARILY	  OTHER	  CHRISTIANS	  GALATIONS	  6:10	  TO	  LIVE	  IN	  THE	  NEW	  CREATION	  ALREADY	  4	  MODELS	  FOR	  BIBLICAL	  CHARITY	  	  1.	  CHARITABLE	  COMMERCE	  MODEL	  	  2.	  THE	  BROAD	  SPECTRUM	  MODEL	  	  3.	  THE	  VOCATIONAL	  MODEL	  4.	  THE	  ESCHATOLOGICAL	  MODEL	  BCI	  	  •  BIBLICAL:	  	  •  SHARING	  CHRIST	  POURED	  OUT	  FROM	  FONT,	  ALTAR,	  AND	  WORD.	  •  CHARITY:	  •  TEACHING	  GOD’S	  PEOPLE	  TO	  BE	  HIS	  CARING	  HANDS	  ON	  EARTH,	  LIVING	  IN	  THEIR	  VOCATION	  (NEW	  CREATION)	  AS	  HE	  PREPARES	  HIS	  CHILDREN	  IN	  THIS	  LIFE	  FOR	  ETERNAL	  LIFE	  WITH	  HIM.	  •  INSTITUTE:	  	  •  THROUGH	  EDUCATION	  AND	  EDUCATIONAL	  EFFORTS,	  LINKING	  HANDS	  OF	  MERCY	  FOR	  NEEDS	  IN	  THE	  LEFT	  &	  RIGHT	  HAND	  KINGDOMS	  OF	  GOD	  THROUGHOUT	  THE	  WORLD.	  	  WHAT	  IS	  IT’S	  MODEL?	  	  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND IS IT CARE FOR THE BODY OR CONCERN FOR THE SOUL?  YES	  BIBLICAL CHARITY A JOURNEY  FROM CONCERN TO CARING 

“From Concern to Caring: A Journey to understanding Biblical Charity”

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“From Concern to Caring: A Journey to understanding Biblical Charity”

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