Clark Vandeventer interviews George Beals about Azerbaijan.
In 2014, George became the Director of Strategic Development for World Hope International. Before serving with World Hope, George served his local church as the Pastor of Global Ministries for over two decades. He was the very first missions pastor in his denomination. While serving as the missions pastor, his church was involved in sending their people short-term and long-term cross-culturally. George led the church to strategize their part in fulfilling the Great Commission.
George earned a Doctor of Applied Intercultural Studies degree with a concentration in International Relief and Development. His research was on training Christian business professionals who are working cross-culturally. George is the director of the missions pastor forum for West Michigan, which brings together mission pastors and mission agency leaders to exchange ideas. In 2019, George participated in the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York City.
Sometimes, in humanitarian work, and in relief and development work, we can do more harm than good. I have spent a lot of time thinking about these unintended consequences, and how we can do relief and development work that helps without hurting.
I've thought a LOT about this, but George has thought a LOT more than me. He’s studied it. And he has experience in it. He’s traveled to 45+ countries -- some that no longer exist.
In this interview we focus on the country of Azerbaijan. If you want to track down George after listening to this interview, you can find him on Instagram @georgebeals -- that's https://www.instagram.com/georgebeals
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