| dc.description.abstract | Starting from the context of Madagascar, where many homeless people are found in the major towns, this writing contains the life of the homeless living in Antananarivo, the Capital of Madagascar. It reveals the extreme poverty that exists in Madagascar and the reasons why these people become homeless, and their lives enduring such misery. The purpose of this thesis is to persuade the Fiangonana Loterana Malagasy (FLM or Malagasy Lutheran Church), to engage in the mission that awaits them in the care of these homeless. therefore, what has an important role in this writing is also to show God's mission that He was performing, indeed in Christ, for the poor and needy, manifested in words and deeds, in a holistic manner. That is the model He initiated, to be followed by all believers. And since the FLM in general, indeed in the local churches, is a church that gives great importance to spirituality, and besides, does not give much importance to social action, it is developed in this research that God's mission is holistic, where evangelization and social action are both important and interrelated. It is also presented in this research, how this holistic mission, where the relationship between evangelization and social action has been developing in the Evangelical circles and the Lutheran World Federation. | en_US |
