Word & Deed's Rick Postma had the privilege of speaking at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (PRTS) in Grand Rapids and at Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Dyer, Indiana recently on the topic "A Biblical View of Poverty". Pictures are shown below as well as recommendations from Dr. Jerry Bilkes of PRTS and from Dr. Nelson Kloosterman of Mid-America. Rick hopes to take the presentation to additional seminaries, colleges and, in modified form, high schools.

Below Rick is addressing the faculty and students at Mid-America.

'Rick Postma's "A Biblical View of Poverty" is an extraordinary, mind-bending, and heart-stirring presentation on the church's calling with respect to global poverty. Thoroughly biblical, and unabashedly confessional, this compelling, one of a kind lecture emerges from years of thoughtful study as well as wide-ranging, hands-on experience. Hamstrung by the cacophony of approaches and cynicism of many, the church needs the panorama of biblical truth to see things holistically, not just for those in the two-thirds world but also for ourselves - and this Rick postma does grippingly in 90 minutes. For church leaders, seminary students, and ordinary Christians seeking a biblical view of poverty and the calling of mercy, I know nothing quite like it.'
Dr. Jerry Bilkes,
Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary