| |
|
Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City, & the People of God 3 reviews
Harvie M. Conn, Manuel Ortiz
InterVarsity Press, 2001
Read this book!!!
+ Good for its purpose
+ Wow
This book is THE text book that everyone involved in urban ministry needs to read. Conn & Ortiz have worked together to create a book that covers almost every aspect of urban ministry, not only informing the reader of the challenges of urban ministry, but equipping the reader to face those ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Urban Ministry and the Kingdom of God
Laurie Green
Pilgrim Press, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Heart for the City: Effective Ministries to the Urban Community 3 reviews
John Fuder
Moody Publishers, 2005
Encouraging and practical
+ Excellent Book
This is a great book. It's encouraging because it gives you a chance to find out about some of the dynamic ministry that is going on in cities today, and it is practical because the authors are doing it day in and day out. Each chapter deals with a different issue related to urban ministry. The ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development4 reviews
John M. Perkins
Baker Books, 1993
The Call
+ Watch for charitiesand their people
+ A Helpful and Inspiring Guideline for Social Ministry
+ identifying motives for inner-city ministry
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith (Christian Practice of Everyday Life, The)6 reviews
Eric O. Jacobsen, Eugene H. Peterson
Brazos Press, 2003
City dwellers are divine
+ Putting back Sidewalks
+ Weaving faith and life into an integrated fabric
People of all religious persuasions can find wisdom in this plain-spoken portrait of how humanity and culture are enriched by the informal social contacts of city life. Jacobsen, a pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Missoula, Montana, builds a case for why Christians should have special ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Letters Across the Divide: Two Friends Explore Racism, Friendship, and Faith 7 reviews
David Anderson, Brent Zuercher
Baker Books, 2001
Groundbreaking
+ Excellent Book On Racism
+ I need to read this book!
+ Example of How And Why We Need To Heal
+ Bridgeway Partner
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Working Poor: Invisible in America72 reviews
David K. Shipler
Vintage, 2005
The Working Poor
+ The Working Poor: Invisible in America
+ This should be required reading in US high schools!
+ must read
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Politics of Jesus17 reviews
John Howard Yoder
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994
Worth revisiting.
+ Greatest proponent or adversary
+ THE POLITICS OF JESUS by John Howard Yoder
+ Classic of 20th Century Theology
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Theology As Big As the City7 reviews
Ray Bakke
InterVarsity Press, 1997
A Theology for Urban Missions and Ministry
+ Ray Bakke - Big as the city
+ Read it and have your view changed
+ Great resource for the Urban Worker
+ A Warm-Hearted, Refreshing Book
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Urban Christian: Effective Ministry in Today's Urban World2 reviews
Ray Bakke, Jim Hart
InterVarsity Press, 1987
FROM THE PULPIT TO THE PEW TO THE PAVEMENT.
+ Capturing God's Heart for the City
this book is very effective in letting the christian leader be equipped in ministry, to know his environment and reach the masses with the gospel. This book can help Christian Ministries transform people not only spiritually but economically and educationally.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture 45 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 2005
Thoughtful review of worldviews
+ A question we all have to ask ourselves
+ The Misery of Modernity and Post-Modernity
This is a very thoughtful and penetrating book about different worldviews, especially modernism or post-modernism and Christianity. Helpful for helping those influenced by current Western culture.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Theology As Big As the City7 reviews
Ray Bakke
InterVarsity Press, 1997
A Theology for Urban Missions and Ministry
+ Ray Bakke - Big as the city
+ Read it and have your view changed
+ Great resource for the Urban Worker
+ A Warm-Hearted, Refreshing Book
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith (Christian Practice of Everyday Life, The)6 reviews
Eric O. Jacobsen, Eugene H. Peterson
Brazos Press, 2003
City dwellers are divine
+ Putting back Sidewalks
+ Weaving faith and life into an integrated fabric
People of all religious persuasions can find wisdom in this plain-spoken portrait of how humanity and culture are enriched by the informal social contacts of city life. Jacobsen, a pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Missoula, Montana, builds a case for why Christians should have special ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Politics of Jesus17 reviews
John Howard Yoder
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994
Worth revisiting.
+ Greatest proponent or adversary
+ THE POLITICS OF JESUS by John Howard Yoder
+ Classic of 20th Century Theology
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Urban Ministry and the Kingdom of God
Laurie Green
Pilgrim Press, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture45 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 2005
Thoughtful review of worldviews
+ A question we all have to ask ourselves
+ The Misery of Modernity and Post-Modernity
This is a very thoughtful and penetrating book about different worldviews, especially modernism or post-modernism and Christianity. Helpful for helping those influenced by current Western culture.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Urban Christian: Effective Ministry in Today's Urban World2 reviews
Ray Bakke, Jim Hart
InterVarsity Press, 1987
FROM THE PULPIT TO THE PEW TO THE PAVEMENT.
+ Capturing God's Heart for the City
this book is very effective in letting the christian leader be equipped in ministry, to know his environment and reach the masses with the gospel. This book can help Christian Ministries transform people not only spiritually but economically and educationally.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Working Poor: Invisible in America72 reviews
David K. Shipler
Vintage, 2005
The Working Poor
+ The Working Poor: Invisible in America
+ This should be required reading in US high schools!
+ must read
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City, & the People of God3 reviews
Harvie M. Conn, Manuel Ortiz
InterVarsity Press, 2001
Read this book!!!
+ Good for its purpose
+ Wow
This book is THE text book that everyone involved in urban ministry needs to read. Conn & Ortiz have worked together to create a book that covers almost every aspect of urban ministry, not only informing the reader of the challenges of urban ministry, but equipping the reader to face those ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Letters Across the Divide: Two Friends Explore Racism, Friendship, and Faith7 reviews
David Anderson, Brent Zuercher
Baker Books, 2001
Groundbreaking
+ Excellent Book On Racism
+ I need to read this book!
+ Example of How And Why We Need To Heal
+ Bridgeway Partner
|
|
|
|
|
|
