HOMELESSNESSMYTHS, METHODS &

BIBLICAL MANDATE

PASTOR REGGIE STUTZMAN

• Lead Pastor/Church Planter of Real Life

Church, Bronx, NY

www.RealLifeChurchNYC.com

• 10 years at The Bowery Mission

• 2 years at New York School of Urban Ministry

MYTHS

METHODS &

BIBLICAL MANDATE

MYTHS

• It‟s only for the ADDICT.

• A job will „CURE‟ it.

• It‟s a CHOICE.

• „They‟ DESERVE it.

MYTHS

•The reality is that ANYONE

can become homeless at

ANYTIME because of an

array of situations.

METHODS

•HEART

•ENGAGE

•LEVEL

METHODS

•Get a HEART• Seek the Lord for His heart

• Matthew 5 Concept

• 1 John 3:17 – “But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?”

METHODS

•ENGAGE• Definition: “To occupy the attention or

efforts of; to attract and hold fast”

• James 1:27 – “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”

METHODS

•LEVEL• Any Level matters

• Find your own level and go & engage.

• Soup Kitchen, Pantry, Making your

sandwiches & toiletry bags, other agencies.

• “If you can’t feed 100 people, then feed

one.” – Mother Teresa

BIBLICAL MANDATE

• “Who is MY neighbor?”

• Luke 10:29-37

• “YOU GO, AND DO LIKEWISE.”