Acting on Your Faith: Congregations Making a Difference: A Guide to Success in Service and Social Action

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 194 pages
• Published by: Insights September 1, 1994
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0963970100
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0963970107
• Book Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Review
"A breakthrough bookone that every church leader ought to own." -- Rev. Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago

"A remarkable record of love at workthe photographs and text provide an uplifiting vision." -- David Devlin-Foltz, The Aspen Institute

"The most readable and believable book of its kind." -- Rev. Carl S. Dudley, Hartford Seminary

Product Description
An extraordinarily powerful tool for transforming faith into action.

Acting On Your Faith is a unique, photo-filled book with the easy-to-read appeal of a magazine, designed to inspire and help congregations and parishes to make a difference in their communities and beyond. Filled with stories of Christian and Jewish faith communities across the country, the book also includes interviews, worksheets, step-by-step instructions and practical hints to help faith communities identify and seize opportunities for community service.

Thousands of copies of this classic have already shown clergy, lay leaders, and seminarians a myriad of practical ways to love our neighbors — through programs that meet people's requirements for food, shelter, health services, job training, education, and much more. A reader's survey, funded by the Lilly Endowment, found the book highly effective in broadening understanding of the possibilities for community ministry and in inspiring the planning and undertaking of specific projects.

Ideal for: clergy and lay leaders, religious education, seminary courses, social concerns committees, workshops, retreats

Reader Reviews
Every congregation that cares about their community needs to have this book. A truly unique and creative presentation of photos, stories, and information about why and how to connect with others. Its straightforward approach will enable a committee or task force to envision new ministries, evaluate existing ministries, or reshape outreach strategies. The appendices have step-by-step instructions for moving into new ministry territory.