Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 139 pages
• Published by: Regal Books April 21, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0830743790
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0830743797
• Book Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 5.6 ounces

Product Description
The urban landscape is changing and, as a result, urban ministries are at a crossroads. If the Church is to be an effective agent of compassion and justice, Robert Lupton notes, we must change our mission strategies. In this compelling book, Lupton asks the tough questions about service providing and community building to help ministries enhance their effectiveness. What are the dilemmas that caring people encounter to faithfully carry out the teachings of Scripture and become personally involved with "the least of these?" What are some possible alternatives to the ways we have traditionally attempted to care for the poor? How do people, programs and neighborhoods move towards reciprocal, interdependent relationships? To effect these types of changes will require new skill sets and resources, but the possibilities for good are great.

About The Author
ROBERT D. LUPTON has invested more than 34 years in inner city Atlanta. He is a Christian community developer, an entrepreneur who brings together communities of resource with communities of need. Through Family Consultation Service Urban Ministries, which he directs, he has developed three mixed-income subdivisions, organized two multiracial congregations, started many businesses, created housing for hundreds of families and initiated a wide variety of human services. He earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Georgia. He speaks at conferences and churches across the nation, and consults with similar missions.

Reader Reviews
This book is an updated, contemporary look at transforming low income communities from a faith-based based perspective. It deals with down to earth topics such as gentrification,moving from charity to development, transforming services into self help,economically viable enterprises. Bob Lupton, the author, speaks personally from experience, so the book rings with reality, yet is hopeful and inspiring. Easy to read, but want to have around to share with others, particular chapters for particular situations. It is a helpful handbook of the Christian Community Developmet Association. Comment | | (Report this)