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Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor
Contributor(s): Lupton, Robert D. (Author), Perkins, John (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 0801017912     ISBN-13: 9780801017919
Publisher: Baker Books
OUR PRICE: $15.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues
Dewey: 253.091
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (0.40 lbs) 140 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Theometrics - Evangelical
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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.

Contributor Bio(s): Lupton, Robert D.: - Robert Lupton has invested nearly forty 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 PhD in psychology from the University of Georgia. He speaks at conferences and churches across the nation, and consults with similar missions.
 
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