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
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
Barbara J. Elliott, Street Saints: Renewing America’s Cities. Templeton Foundation Press, 2004. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary The publisher’s description below provides an excellent summary of this text. It is a wonderful treasury of stories of people of faith, faith-based organizations, and churches that are making a difference
Randy White, Encounter God in the City: Onramps to Personal and Community Transformation. InterVarsity Press, 2006. Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality – Spirituality and Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Randy White writes out of intense experience in urban ministry (see bio below), being the founder of Fresno Institute for Urban Leadership. This book makes a
John B. Hayes, Sub-merge: Living Deep in a Shallow World: Service, Justice, and Contemplation Among the World’s Poor. Regal Books, 2006. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This volume expresses John Hayes’ passion for helping the poor and operates as his “manifesto, a prophetic call to join what God
Christopher L. Heuretz and Christine D. Pohl, Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission (Resources for Reconciliation). InterVarsity Press, 2010. Referenced in: Series: Resources for Reconciliation – Duke University Divinity School Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry Theological and Philosophical Foundations of Social Ministry From the Publisher In our anonymous
John M. Perkins, Restoring At Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right (Official Handbook of the Christian Community Development Association). Baker Books, 1996. Referenced in: John Perkins on Social Ministry Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a collection of substantive articles from numerous practitioner-scholars, reflecting the philosophy
John M. Perkins, With Justice for All: A Strategy for Community Development. Third Edition. Regal Books, 2007. Referenced in: Social Ministry Among the Urban Poor, Uban Ministry John Perkins on Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Now in its third edition, this is a presentation of Perkins’ and the Christian Community Development Association’s philosophy and strategy for
John M. Perkins, Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development. Regal Books, 2003. Referenced in: John Perkins on Social Ministry Theological and Philosophical Foundations of Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is Perkins’ call for churches to change their perspectives regarding development of spiritually and economically disadvantaged people. He emphasizes a theology of reconciliation, the
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
