Reflecting with Scripture on Community Organizing - Softcover

Krehbiel, Jeffrey K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879464488 ISBN 13: 9780879464486

Publisher: ACTA Publications, 2011

Synopsis

Rev. Jeff Krehbiel, pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims in Washington, D.C. and co-chair of the Washington Interfaith Network, offers reflections on four passages from the Christian Scriptures and how they relate to the experience of community organizing. He also offers a Group Study Guide for congregational use. His topics include:

• From Crowd to Community (Mark 6:30-44)
  
• From Anger to Action (Exodus 3:1-9, 4:10-13)
  
• From Pride to Perseverance (Luke 18:1-8)
  
• From "The World As It Is" to "The World As It Should Be" (Isaiah 65:17-25)
  

About this title

About the Author

The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey K. Krehbiel is the pastor of Church of the Pilgrims, a congregation in the PCUSA located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC. He is a co-chair of the Washington Interfaith Network, a faith-based community organization affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation, the largest and oldest network of "broad-based" community organizations in the United States, with more than sixty affiliates nation wide. He is a graduate of Hope College in Holland, Michigan and McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and earned a Doctor of Ministry in "Gospel and Culture" at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He has been involved in community organizing for more than twenty-five years, serving urban pastorates in New York City and Wilmington, Delaware before coming to Washington DC in 2000.

Edition details

• Publisher: ACTA Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0879464488
• ISBN 13: 9780879464486
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 60