Tag: Urban Ministry

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

Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself. Moody Publishers, 2009. Referenced in: Theological and Sociological Foundations of Social Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Corbett and Fikkert are Christian economists/professors who have a heart for the poor. With this background, they are uniquely qualified to address not

Christian History and Biography Magazine Series, Building the City of God in a Crumbling World, Christianity Today International, 2007. Referenced in: Social Ministry Strategies LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a special collection of articles from the Christian History and Biography magazine published by Christianity Today, highlighting leading historical figures who addressed issues of social compassion and