|
Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism
|
Not currently available
Unreached - Growing Churches In Working-Class And Deprived Areas (Paperback)
Loot Price: R288
Discovery Miles 2 880
You Save: R25
(8%)
|
|
|
Unreached - Growing Churches In Working-Class And Deprived Areas (Paperback)
 (sign in to rate)
List price R313
Loot Price R288
Discovery Miles 2 880
You Save R25 (8%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
Think of the thriving evangelical churches in your area, and the
chances are they will be in the nice areas of town and their
leaders will be middle class. I once attended a lecture at which
the speaker showed a map of my city, Sheffield. The council wards
were colored different shades, according to a series of social
indicators: educational achievement, household income, benefit
recipients, social housing, criminal activity, and so on. Slide
after slide showed that the east side of the city was the needy,
socially deprived half, compared to the more prosperous west. Where
are the churches? Counting all the various tribes of
evangelicalism, the large churches are on the west side. The
working-class and deprived areas of our cities are not being
reached with the gospel. There are many exciting exceptions, but
the pattern is clear. According to Mez McConnell from Niddrie
Community Church in Edinburgh, of the fifty worst housing schemes
in Scotland, half have no church, and most of the others only have
a dying church. Very few have an evangelical witness. This book is
about reaching those unreached areas. The Industrial Revolution saw
increased social stratification. It was during this time that
middle-class and working-class identities began to emerge. And in
the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, evangelicalism
appealed disproportionately to skilled artisans, according to
historian David Bebbington. So why have we evangelicals been so
ineffectual at reaching the urban poor, despite our origins?
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
