Many of us have lost track of how much is enough. We buy more than we need. We make promises to buy less, but these promises are hard to keep. The BFJN organizes small groups in which people support each other in spending less, buying justly, and giving collectively. It all begins with a spirit of gratitude.

BFJN small groups are currently using a study called Lazarus at the Gate, which was created by Gary VanderPol, an Evangelical Covenant pastor and ThD candidate at Boston University. The title Lazarus at the Gate comes from a story that Jesus told about Lazarus – a poor man who lay, day after day, at the gate of a very rich man. In our modern world, in which half the world’s people live on less than $2 a day, globalization has placed many Lazarus’ at our gate. As residents of the world’s wealthiest nation, how is God calling us to live gratefully?

Get a Copy of the Curriculum

Email us for a PDF of the curriculum. Let us know where you are and how you heard about Lazarus at the Gate.

Explore Lazarus: Sources of inspiration

Find out where you stack up on the Global Rich List

We see Lazarus at the Gate as a practice in economic discipleship: following Jesus with our money. Why Bother with Discipleship?Take a look at philosopher Dallas Willard’s article

What your giving can do

Learn more about the charities and ministries that Lazarus groups have supported

Bolivian Street Children Project
World Relief
Agros
Partners in Health
African Birth Collective
International Justice Mission

Join or start a Lazarus group

This fall, Lazarus groups are taking place in at the Greater Boston Vineyard, Highrock, Hope Church, Reunion, Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston.

The Boston Faith & Justice Network offers periodic workshops for people who want to start a new Lazarus group or use the study in their current small group. See our calendar page for dates of upcoming workshops.

Please email discipleship [at] bostonfaithjustice [dot] org to connect with or start a group.