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Podcast: Practicing Gospel Podcast
Episode: Christians in Social Work Practitioners Panel PGE 78
Description: The teaching of Jewish and Christian scripture, and for Christians, particularly the example and teachings of Jesus, Paul, and the first writers of Christian scripture have emphasized the mandate to care for people. Some of the roots of the caring efforts of social work are in the Jewish/Christian tradition. There is much parallel and overlap between social work and Judaism and Christianity. Some of Christianity’s most important and effective ministries are done by Christians in social work.
This episode and the next seeks to give us a better understanding of social work and its relationship wi...