Episode 24 of the LOVE JUSTICE podcast: "Helping Those Who Need It the Most" with special guest: Peter Greer | hosted by Hannah Munn | LoveJustice.NGO
In this challenging episode, Peter Greer (President & CEO of HOPE International) joins John Molineux and host Hannah Munn to explore what it truly means to serve “the least of these.” Together, they unpack the biblical call to justice, the dangers of doing good without discernment, and the power of listening in global development. With stories from Cambodia to Burundi, Peter shares lessons on humility, urgency, long-term impact, and why the gospel must be both proclaimed and embodied. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who longs to live out Matthew 25 with courage, compassion, and wisdom.
Peter Greer is the president and CEO of HOPE International, a global Christ-centered economic development organization serving throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining HOPE, Peter worked internationally as a microfinance advisor in Cambodia and Zimbabwe and as managing director for Urwego Bank in Rwanda. He received a BS in international business from Messiah University and an MPP in political and economic development from Harvard Kennedy School.
Peter’s favorite part of his job is spending time with the entrepreneurs HOPE serves—whether harvesting coffee with farmers in Rwanda, dancing alongside savings groups in Haiti, or visiting the greenhouses of entrepreneurs in Ukraine.
As an advocate for the Church’s role in missions and alleviating extreme poverty, Peter has co-authored more than ten books, including Mission Drift (a 2015 Book Award winner from Christianity Today), Rooting for Rivals (2019 Leadership Resource of the Year in Outreach magazine), The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good (named one of the top 40 books on poverty by WORLD magazine), Created to Flourish (which his mom reviewed with five stars and a smiley-face emoji), The Gift of Disillusionment, and Lead with Prayer.
More important than his role at HOPE is his role as husband to Laurel and dad to Keith, Liliana, Myles, and London. While his sports loyalties remain in New England, Peter and his family live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
To learn more about Peter, visit peterkgreer.com.
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Chapters
(00:00:02) - Love Justice: How to Help Those Who Need It Most(00:02:04) - Peter's Story of Serving the Least of These(00:06:18) - Love Justice: Fighting the World's Greatest Injustice(00:09:14) - The Love of God for the Poor(00:11:40) - Peter and the Power of Listening(00:19:27) - How Do You Determine Who the Least of These Are?(00:22:18) - Loving Justice also finds the least of these(00:26:26) - The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good(00:27:37) - Responding to the Need of the Poor(00:29:56) - What Do We Do About Service?(00:31:16) - Peter and John: Spiritual Discernment(00:35:27) - The Need to Do No Harm(00:41:45) - What Does Urgent Action Look Like?(00:45:08) - Surrender to God for the Least of These(00:49:09) - Love Justice Institute: Treasuring Impact Opportunities(00:51:13) - Christian Leaders: Where Are We Going Off Mission?(00:54:42) - The 3 Step Journey toward Justice(00:58:30) - Love Justice: Maximizing Impact
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