Abstract
Community development responses to problems that threaten the lives of people around the world have not always been successful. Some argue that an obsolete vision of development emphasizing the provision of assistance rather than the facilitation of community change is the cause. A survey of 1,230 people engaged in intercultural programs with Christian agencies reveals conflicting conceptions of development. Those with an assistentialist approach see poverty as being caused by individual failures, and define development as the intervention of outside agents. Those with a facilitatory approach tend to view development as a transformative process through which people solve their own problems. Understanding these differing sets of assumptions among individuals and responding appropriately within agencies can increase the effectiveness of community development efforts.
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