Steve Rundle and Tom Steffen, Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Missions, Revised Edition. IVP Academic, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Spirituality of Business LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is just one of several books representing the Business as Mission (BAM) movement, but is regarded as foundational articulation. The authors are leading academics in that
Kenman L. Wong and Scott B. Rae, Business for the Common Good: A Christian Vision for the Marketplace (Christian Worldview Integration). IVP Academic, 2011. Related volume: Scott Rae and Austin Hill, The Virtues of Capitalism Referenced in: Missional Spirituality of Work Social Ministry, Christian Perspectives on Economics and Public Policy LifeandLeadership.com Summary Wong is a
Brian Cox, Faith-Based Reconciliation: A Moral Vision That Transforms People and Societies. Xlibris, 2007. Referenced in: Conflict Education, Biblical Visions of Peacemaking/Reconciliation LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a dense, rich look into interfaith and ethnic conflict or other situations with deeply entrenched alternative moral visions such as nationalism, liberal democracy/free market capitalism, or militant Islam. The
Mark Scandrette, Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love. IVP Books, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality – Spirituality and Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Scandrette describes a path toward spiritual formation based on intentional participation in a spiritual community and engagement in following the commands of Jesus in real
Howard E. Friend, Jr., Gifts of an Uncommon Life: The Practice of Contemplative Activism. Alban Institute, 2008. Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality – Spirituality and Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com This book encourages people to be deeply spiritual, such that their lives are grounded in God’s presence, but also strongly active, such that their lives are
Audio Adrenaline, Hands and Feet: Inspiring Stories and First Hand Accounts of God Changing Lives. Regal Books, 2007. Referenced in: Social Ministry Strategies LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an inspiring story of the contemporary Christian music group’s work with an orphanage in Haiti, and their attempts to benefit that work through the Hands and Feet Project.
Brian McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley Bunting Seeler, The Justice Project. Baker, 2009. Referenced in: Social Ministry Strategies LifeandLeadership.com Summary For those who need to understand the resurgence of interest in social justice among younger evangelicals, this is the place to start. It is not a dispassionate academic description of the desire for social justice,
Julie Clawson, Tom Sine, and Christine Sine, Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of our Daily Choices. IVP Books, 2009. Referenced in: Social Ministry Strategies LifeandLeadership.com Summary Christians who live privileged, wealthy lifestyles can feel quite distanced from social need. Because of this, many feel no passion at all about the subject. It’s “out of sight,
Susan Willhauck, Ministry Unplugged: Uncommon Calls to Serve. Chalice Press, 2010. Referenced in: Social Ministry Strategies LifeandLeadership.com Summary The sub-title expresses the purpose of this book very well, “uncommon calls to serve.” It is designed for those who do not feel “called” into conventional forms of ministry, but still have an urge toward kingdom outreach.
Nile Harper, Urban Churches Vital Signs: Beyond Charity Toward Justice. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2005. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This represents the work of Nile Harper and associates as they visited twenty-eight urban churches in fifteen major cities across the nation during the 1990s. Its purpose is
