Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor - Softcover

Lupton, Robert D.

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9780830743797: Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor
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ISBN 10: 0830743790 ISBN 13: 9780830743797
Publisher: Baker Pub Group, 2007

Synopsis

A Christian community developer confronts Christians who do church as usual and challenges them to rethink their paradigm regarding ministry to the poor, encouraging them to effectively reach out to the poor. Original.

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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. His wife, Peggy, died in 2005.

From the Back Cover

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, we must change our mission strategies. In this compelling book, Lupton asks tough questions about service providing and community building to help us enhance our effectiveness. Among the questions: What dilemmas do 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 toward reciprocal, interdependent relationships? To effect these types of changes will require new skill sets and resources, but the possibilities for good are great.

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Publisher
Baker Pub Group
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0830743790
ISBN 13 
9780830743797
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
139
Rating
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