CCDA Theological Journal, 2014 Edition

Contents Letter from the Editors CCDA Theology Committee Part I: CCDA National Conference Theme: ""Flourishing"" Prosperity and Flourishing: A Biblical Witness James K. Bruckner Flourishing Dennis Edwards The Prosperity Gospels' Transformation of the Popular Religious Imagination Kate Bowler Ogbu Kalu, African Pentecostalism and Shalom 24 Valerie Landfair Cities of God: Reclaiming Culture through the Flourishing of the City Allie Wong Finding Our Way Home Samantha Domingo Part II: CCDA Ministr y in North Carolina North Carolina's Cry for Racial Justice Reynolds Chapman Liturgical Gardening Chas Edens Part III: Book Reviews Forgive Us Margot Starbuck Too Heavy a Yoke Nilwona E. Nowlin Faith Rooted Organizing Anthony Grimes

Soong-Chan Rah (DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; ThD candidate, Duke University) is a sought-after speaker and a major voice on today's evangelical social justice scene. He is Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, and is the author of "Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church "(winner of an "Outreach "magazine book award) and the popular and influential "The Next Evangelicalism". Rah was founding pastor of Cambridge Community Fellowship Church, a multiethnic, urban, postmodern generation church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He serves on the boards of Sojourners, the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA), World Vision, and the Catalyst Leadership Center.