When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself by Brian Fikkert & Steve Corbett

As a missionary to a Majority World country, I was blown away by this book. It explained so much of what I have observed and answered many of my questions about poverty. I really enjoyed the explanations of why poverty exists from systemic, cultural, and spiritual standpoints, and I was very challenged to look at my own biases and paternalistic practices.
In particular, I though the chapter on short term missions was invaluable. I will require any short term team that I host to read this book and really evaluate if and how they will do ministry.
Although I really appreciated the book in regards to international missions, it is extremely applicable to American missions as well. I highly recommend this book to missionaries, pastors, outreach teams, and anyone who gives to a ministry.