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International development is a complex endeavor. For years, many of us have hoped that the sleeping giant known as the American church would wake up to the injustices of poverty that plague our world. If Warren and his acronymic plans succeed in raising the collective awareness of the church about the daily struggles of much of humanity, they will have succeeded far beyond imagination.

God bless the Warrens and their efforts. Only God knows fully the despair that victims of poverty and conflict endure. On their behalf and theirs alone, I pray that PEACE brings awareness and transformation to the people of Rwanda.

Andrew Paquin teaches in the global studies department at Colorado Christian University. Paquin and his family started the 10/10 Project (www.the1010project.org) to help give the poor Jesus' abundant life.

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Christianity Today's cover story on Rick Warren's PEACE plan was published in October. Purpose Driven in Rwanda | Rick Warren's sweeping plan to defeat poverty. Our full-coverage is collected online.

More recent CT articles on defeating poverty include:

Where Are the Men? | Overseas humanitarian groups target women, and for good reason. But it isn't enough. (Aug. 5, 2005)

Can We Defeat Poverty? | Unless Africa tames corruption, new aid efforts will fail. (Sept 26, 2005)

Purpose Driven in Rwanda | Rick Warren's sweeping plan to defeat poverty.

Jesus at G8 | Christian advocacy for Africa gains notice at top meetings. (July 6, 2005)

End Extreme Poverty in 2005? | No way. But we can still do something significant. (Aug. 22, 2005)

Raising the Compassion Bar | How 575 suburban teens underwrote a medical clinic, schoolhouse, and a year's supply of food for a village in Zambia—with money to spare. (Aug. 10, 2005)

Earlier CT coverage of Rwanda includes:

Healing Genocide | Ten years after the slaughter, Rwandans begin to mend their torn nation with a justice that is both biblical and African. (March 31, 2004)

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A Justice that Restores | A method for bringing victims and offenders together. (March 31, 2004)

Inside CT: Forgiveness 101 | Rwanda is becoming a lab for testing new models of Christian forgiveness. (March 31, 2004)

Influence of Roman Catholic Church in Acquittal of Rwandan Bishop Debated | Augustin Misago cleared of 1994 genocide charges. (July 20, 2000)

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February 2006, Vol. 50, No. 2