Poverty is a disease ravaging so many people in the World today. It is a sickness that must be cured and a problem that must be solved, if all hands are on deck. Do the church as an institution has a role to play in the fight against poverty? What can the church and other groups and association do practically in poverty alleviation, reduction and eradication in the world, especially in the developing countries of the world? If the answer is in the affirmative, then what are those roles and how can it be achieved?