Amy Sherman, Restorers of Hope: Reaching the Poor in Your Community With Church-Based Ministries that Work. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2004. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a standard work that is still referenced by most resources on the subject of urban ministry. Some sections remain quite
Ronald J. Sider, John M. Perkins, Wayne L. Gordon, and F. Albert Tizon, Linking Arms, Linking Lives: How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities. Baker Books, 2008. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a well-researched collaborative project between some of the best-known practitioners and academics in the field
Robert D. Lupton, Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor. Regal Books/Christian Community Development Association, 2007. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Robert T. Lupton is a scholar-practitioner from inner-city Atlanta who is associated with the Christian Community Development Association. In the preface, Lupton acknowledges
Ray Bakke, A Theology as Big as the City. InterVarsity Press, 1997. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Most social compassion/justice ministries center around the urban context, thus the importance of understanding the historical development of cities, the sociology of urban life, how God views cities, and the components
Roger Greenway and Timothy Monsma, Cities: Missions’ New Frontier. Baker Academic, 2000. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Most social compassion/justice ministries center around the urban context, thus the importance of understanding the historical development of cities, the sociology of urban life, how God views cities, and the components
Harvey Conn and Manuel Ortiz, Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, The City, and the People of God. InterVarsity Press, 2010. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Most social compassion/justice ministries center around the urban context, thus the importance of understanding the historical development of cities, the sociology of urban life,
Eric Swanson and Sam Williams, To Transform a City: Whole Church, Whole Gospel, Whole City. 2010. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary From the authors of the Externally Focused Church Series, this is perhaps the best primer for church leaders on urban ministry from a missional/evangelical perspective. It is
Matt Carter, Darrin Patrick, and Joel Lindsey, For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel (Exponential Series). Zondervan, 2011. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is produced by Leadership Network’s Exponential Series. It is part of a growing batch of literature focused not so much on the
Heidi Unruh and Ronald Sider, Saving Souls, Serving Society: Understanding the Faith Factor in Church-Based Social Ministry. Oxford University Press, 2005. Referenced in: Social Ministry Strategies Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary The purpose of this volume is to help churches understand and maintain the distinction between faith-based social action and
Richard Stearns, The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2010. Referenced in: Theological and Philosophical Foundations of Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This book is part biography, part theology, and part manifesto. As a biography, it tells
