Compassion at Work

Click here for a listing of multiple stories of compassion at work in the greater Knoxville, Tennessee area.

You will also find many examples of compassion at work in each section of the Salt & Light Guidebook below.  Hover over the section title and select "Stories of Hope" from the menu.

The Salt & Light Guidebook, 2nd Edition has been a labor of love by many people. It culminates four months of research, 23 focus groups and hours and hours of interviews and writing. We have investigated 22 different categories of potential community involvement and have interviewed a wide spectrum of people ranging from police officers and educators to runaways and prostitutes.

The book’s premise is that Christians are to be “salt and light” (Matthew 5) in the communities in which we live. Its purpose is to put those of us who love Jesus and are sustained by a vital relationship with Him in direct “hands on” contact with suffering and injustice in our community.

Following you will discover what we discovered and ways we all can become "God with skin on" to those around us.  You will see a vivid picture of compassion at work in greater Knoxville.

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God."  
Matthew 5:9

"From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise..."
Psalm 8:2

"Great crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them."
Matthew 15:30

"Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me... It is not an enemy who taunts me - then I could bear it... But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.  We used to hold sweet converse together; within God's house we walked in fellowship.  My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant."
Psalm 55:5, 12-13

"Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share."
1 Timothy 6:18

"Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it."  Proverbs 22:5

"Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God.  I am the Lord."
Leviticus 19:32

"...Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners..."
Hebrews 13:3

"...for in You the fatherless find compassion."
Hosea 14:3b

"Love your neighbor as yourself."
Matthew 22:38b

"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God."
Proverbs 14:31

"Is this not the kind of fasting that I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice... to set the oppressed free... Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter..."
Isaiah 58:6-7

"The alien among you must be treated as one of your native born.  Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt.  I am the Lord your God."
Leviticus 19:34

"...I was a stranger, and you invited Me in..."
Matthew 25:35

"The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble."
Psalm 9:9

"Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and the oppressed."
Psalm 83:3

"Then He (Jesus) said to her, 'Your sins have been forgiven.'"
Luke 7:48

"He defended the cause of the poor and the needy, and so all went well.  'Is that not what it means to know Me?' declares the Lord."
Jeremiah 22:16

"He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing."
Deuteronomy 10:18

"I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.  He also brought me out of a horrible pit..."
Psalm 40:1-2

"Jesus turned and saw her.  'Take heart, daughter,' he said, 'your faith has healed you.'  And the woman was healed from that moment."
Matthew 9:22

"A father to the fatherless... is God in His holy dwelling."
Psalm 68:5


Stories of Compassion at Work


Economy
Grace Baptist Church Provides Car Care
More Than 20 Churches Participate in Furniture Warehouse Ministry
God Blesses Christian Automotive Ministries with Building
Christian Automotive Ministries Sponsors Car Care Saturday
Churches Combine to Provide Automobile Transplant Program

Education
West Park Baptist Church Members Give Beaumont Elementary School Facelift

Elderly
Grace Baptist Becomes "Restorers of Hope" to Senior Adult Apartment Complex

Homeless
The Hands and Feet Service Center Strives to Demonstrate the Love of Jesus Christ
A Very Big Thought from a Very Little Girl

Housing
More Than 20 Churches Participate in Furniture Warehouse Ministry

Poverty/Hunger
Angelic Ministries Shares Jesus with Inner City Knoxville
The Hands and Feet Service Center Strives to Demonstrate the Love of Jesus Christ
Project: Launching Love INC in Greater Knoxville

Prostitution
Project: Teen Challenge Ladies Crisis Center

Public Housing
The Lighthouse at Austin Homes Serves Six Days a Week

Youth
Project: Launching Restorative Justice in Greater Knoxville

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