May 17, 2023
Episode
Description:
The multitude of
humanitarian crises around the world has presented the church with
an opportunity to re-imagine missions work. In spite of the
seemingly overwhelming needs around the world, it is possible to
work towards holistic transformation, one person at a time. To that
end, for over 30 years, the Christian humanitarian organization
World Help has been bringing the light of Christ into the dark
places.
Our guest today is
Noel Brewer Yeatts, President of World Help. Noel shares with us
the mission of World Hope to provide “Help for today. Hope for
tomorrow.” She further explains, “We don’t want to just to teach
people just how to get to heaven, we want to teach them how to live
on earth.” To that end, World Help works towards holistic
transformation and long-term sustainable change, as it ministers in
word and deed to the lost, broken, and hurting throughout the
world. Noel encourages us with the good work that is being done
throughout the world and how a difference can be made, one person
at a time. This “help and hope model” of World Help provides a way
forward as we re-imagine missions and how we can be involved in
social justice and salvation simultaneously.
On this episode, Noel
and Bobby will discuss:
- The partnership between World Help and national ministries and
organizations.
- The ways World Help is addressing both physical and spiritual
needs.
- How we can all work together to help people in crises and stuck
in cycles of poverty and oppression.
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About the
guest: Noel Brewer Yeatts is the president of World Help,
a Christian humanitarian organization serving the physical and
spiritual needs of people in impoverished communities around the
world. World Help gives help for today and hope for tomorrow
through humanitarian aid and relief, community development,
education and sustainability projects, Bible distribution, and
church planting.
Yeatts became
president of World Help in 2019, having previously served the
organization for more than two decades in various aspects of its
humanitarian work, most recently as vice president over special
projects. During her time as president, Yeatts has spearheaded
World Help’s refugee crisis work in Afghanistan and Ukraine. She is
also passionate about fighting for victims of modern slavery and
sex trafficking.
Yeatts believes hope
is restored when humanitarian work is focused on both body and
soul. Her philosophy is that faith can mean very little when people
don’t have access to food, clean water, and the medicine they need;
but without faith that feeds the soul, meeting those physical needs
is just a short-term fix. World Help aims to bring long-term
sustainable change while also meeting the immediate needs in
communities around the world.
In addition to her
role as president of World Help, Yeatts is a speaker and author of
Awake: Doing a World of Good, One Person at a Time. Her latest book
will be published in the Spring of 2023.
About the
host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his
business to a publicly-traded company. In what he calls his
"second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based
principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit
leaders.
Through Values-Driven
Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training
Consultant for organizations. He shares many of his
principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North
Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored: