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Something is wrong in our society. Deeply wrong. The belief that
all lives matter is at the heart of our founding documents--but we
must admit that this conviction has never truly reflected reality
in America. Movements such as Black Lives Matter have arisen in
response to recent displays of violence and mistreatment, and some
of us defensively answer back, "All lives matter." But do they?
Really? This book is an exploration of that question. It delves
into history and current events, into Christian teaching and
personal stories, in order to start a conversation about the way
forward. Its raw but hopeful words will help move us from apathy to
empathy and from empathy to action. We cannot do everything. But we
can each do something.
Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the
charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to
see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination
about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian
Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne
Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty
years later CCDA's eight key components of community development
still set the bar for how churches, parachurches and nonprofits
engage cities with the whole gospel. Relocation Reconciliation
Redistribution Leadership Development Listening to the Community
Church-Based Development A Wholistic Approach to Ministry
Empowerment InMaking Neighborhoods Whole Perkins and Gordon revisit
these eight commitments and how they've played out in real
communities, even as they scan the horizon of urban ministry to set
a new tone. With profiles of longstanding and emerging community
development ministries, they guide a new conversation and empower
disciples of Jesus to seek the welfare of their cities to the glory
of God.
Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the
charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to
see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination
about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian
Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne
Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty
years later CCDA's eight key components of community development
still set the bar for how churches, parachurches and nonprofits
engage cities with the whole gospel. Relocation Reconciliation
Redistribution Leadership Development Listening to the Community
Church - Based Development A Wholistic Approach to Ministry
Empowerment In Making Neighborhoods Whole Perkins and Gordon
revisit these eight commitments and how they've played out in real
communities, even as they scan the horizon of urban ministry to set
a new tone. With profiles of longstanding and emerging community
development ministries, they guide a new conversation and empower
disciples of Jesus to seek the welfare of their cities to the glory
of God.
An "expert in the law" once asked Jesus what he must do to inherit
eternal life--and his question initiated a very interesting
conversation. The Law says to "love your neighbor as yourself,"
Jesus pointed out, so the next logical question is, "Who is my
neighbor?" Rather than offering an exhaustive list of neighbors and
non-neighbors, Jesus told a story . . . the Parable of the Good
Samaritan. Out of that famous parable, Dr. Wayne Gordon draws more
than forty characteristics of the man who was beaten, robbed, and
left for dead on the road to Jericho--the character Jesus created
to show Christians how to recognize their neighbors. Dr. Gordon
brings that character vividly to life in Who Is My Neighbor?, and
helps readers use Jesus' parable as a reference point for their
interactions in their community and the world. And as readers catch
Jesus' vision of neighborliness, they will also find practical
suggestions for meeting needs and changing the lives of those
around them . . . that is, their neighbors!
Missio Alliance Essential Reading List The cross means more than
we've let it mean. Proclaiming the gospel and forming the faithful:
these are the most practiced disciplines of the evangelical church.
As central as these disciplines are, however, they are only part of
the story. And as Christian Community Development Association CEO
Noel Castellanos has learned over a lifetime of ministry and
mission, the neglect of the gospel's full implications for the
world has contributed to the erosion of communities and the
languishing of poor and other marginalized people. In Where the
Cross Meets the Street Castellanos shows the strengths and
limitations of a narrowly focused church and broadens our
imaginations to embrace a gospel that proclaims Christ and forms
disciples. This life-giving gospel also demonstrates compassion,
confronts injustice and restores individuals and communities to
wholeness. This is the whole work of the cross; this is the
privilege of those who follow the Word made flesh.
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