by kbarsoum | Apr 26, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Coptic Church, Diaspora, Egypt Church-Based Volunteers
On March 31, 2013, hundreds of Coptic Orphans volunteers, along with key staff, met with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo. Here is His Holiness’ evaluation of Coptic Orphans based on personal involvement with...
by kbarsoum | Apr 8, 2013 | Coptic Church
His Holiness Pope Tawadros leads Coptic Orphans staff and volunteers in prayer at St. Mark’s Cathedral after blessing our work exactly a week before yesterday’s turmoil there. It brings new meaning to the words that His Grace Bishop Angaelos wrote...
by kbarsoum | Apr 4, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development
John Stott was an Anglican writer and student of the Scriptures. Christianity Today reprinted a sermon he gave on “Four Ways Christians can influence the world.” Then, someone asked on Twitter, and @Copticorphans retweeted: “How does this apply to...
by kbarsoum | Mar 19, 2013 | "The Widow's Cause", Approaches to Charity and Development
Inflation and insecurity have driven Egypt’s markets to become more local, and more focused on the basics. The result has been hard-hitting for Egypt’s widowed households, who already struggle for life’s necessities. But the new, more informal local...
by kbarsoum | Mar 5, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development
In the vast majority of cases, [upper-class, North American churches] describe poverty differently than the poor in low-income countries do. While poor people mention having a lack of material things, they tend to describe their condition in a far more psychological...