Home eBooks Download › hopeful realism in urban ministry

Hopeful Realism In Urban Ministry

Download Hopeful Realism In Urban Ministry PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Hopeful Realism In Urban Ministry book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page

Hopeful Realism In Urban Ministry

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Barry K. Morris
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2016-05-20

Hopeful Realism In Urban Ministry written by Barry K. Morris and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-20 with Religion categories.

What, pray tell, does a faithful urban ministry require if not a triadic relationship of prayer, justice, and hope? Could such a theologically conjunctive relationship of prayer, justice, and hope fortify urban ministry and challenge students and practitioners to ponder and practice beyond the box? Frequently, justice is collapsed to charity, hope into wishful thinking or temporarily arrested despair, and prayer a grasp at quick-fix interventions. An urban ministry's steadfast public and prophetic witness longs for the depth and width of this triad. Via three countries' decades of endeavors, one chapter brainstorms urban ministry practices while another's literature survey signals crucial convictions. Amid many, seminal theologians are summoned to ground urban ministry intimations and implications: Niebuhr on justice, Moltmann on hope, and Merton on contemplative prayer. Evident is passion that fuels compassion in the service of justice, hope that engages despair, and prayer that draws from the contemplative center of it all--thankful resources for long haul ministry. The triad presses to illumine a concrete ministry's engagement of relentless, forced option issues yet with significant networks resourcing. Contrast-awareness animates endurance. The summary exegetes the original grace-based serenity prayer. Hence, hope vitally balances realism's temptation to cynicism. Realism saves hope from irrelevancy.

Hopeful Realism In Urban Ministry

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Barry K. Morris
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2016-05-20

A Faithful Public Prophetic Witness

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Barry K. Morris
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-03-20

A Faithful Public Prophetic Witness written by Barry K. Morris and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-20 with Religion categories.

This book hails from decades of challenging trial-and-error work, abundant reading, and an enduring obligation to ministers, activists, and unsung lay heroes whose legacies matter. As there is little that actually addresses the elusive meanings, if not the dangers inherent in pursuing alleged spoils of "success," it is kairos time. Seemingly scarce resources and competition to make and maintain ministries in the city challenge those of us in the field, or on the sidelines, to speak, write, and communicate clearly, and convincingly--not only for ourselves and our "people," past and present, but for those who come along soon to receive the baton or wear the mantle. Concretely narrated, with unique case studies, a cast of dozens contribute their earthy, earnest testimonies and are, at long last, energetically affirmed. Specifically, this work proffers constructive attention to the critical cautions concerning subtle temptations to "succeed," including: commodification, cooptation, communalism, clientelism, and cowardice--and, not bailing on fierce charity-justice tensions (with benevolence protectively dominant). Narrative analysis and biography-as-theology, social ethics, biblical theology, and recent church history give apt attention to how a compelling case is possible for success, if justice is practiced, given a hopeful realism and perspective of prophetic eschatology.

Urban Ministry

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Ronald E. Peters
language : en
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01

Urban Ministry written by Ronald E. Peters and has been published by Abingdon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with Religion categories.

A comprehensive introduction to the particular challenges and opportunities of congregational ministry in urban settings.Urban ministry has long been a part of seminary curricula, but a basic and definitive understanding of what students should know as they prepare for congregational ministry in the city has remained elusive. Too often it is assumed that the theological resources developed for ministry in other settings are adequate for urban ministry, but these resources fail to account for the unique challenges and opportunities of the urban setting. Ronald Peters clarifies the nature of urban ministry as a theological discipline by showing how its core values of love, justice, community, and reconciliation (among others) engage the issues of economics, education, family life, public health, ethnic relations, and religious life in the urban environment. Arguing that the city has always served as an arena of God's activity, Peters articulates a theological rationale for urban ministry that is both hopeful and yet realistic, affirming that God loves the city and its people and encouraging practitioners to do the same.

God So Loves The City

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Charles E. Van Engen
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2009-08-01

God So Loves The City written by Charles E. Van Engen and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Religion categories.

From the explosive contexts of Nairobi, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Madras burst fresh insights on the mission of the church for the city. Jude Tiersma and Charles Van Engen worked closely with an international team of experienced urban practitioners to explore the most urgent issues facing those who minister in today's cities. From each particular urban setting, a team member contributed a story from ministry in the city. Each story uniquely illustrates a different challenge of urban ministry in the face of injustice, marginalization, and urban structures. This book brings you these stories, then retells them in light of Scripture, introducing new hope to each one. From these stories emerge new ideas about the nature of cities and how to practice ministry in them. The new methodology employed by Van Engen and Tiersma's team leads us in the first steps toward a theology of mission for the city. God So Loves the City is a must for pastors, seminary students, missiologists, congregation members, and all who are concerned about urban ministry.

Urban Ministry

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Harvie M. Conn
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2001

Urban Ministry written by Harvie M. Conn and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with City churches categories.

In this book Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz address the vital work of the urban church as they trace the history of the city around the world, examine the biblical basis for urban mission, unpack the multifaceted identity of the city and discuss particular issues and needs of urban leadership.

Signs Of Hope In The City

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Robert D. Carle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Signs Of Hope In The City written by Robert D. Carle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion categories.

By bringing together the stories of several of New York's most effective practitioners of urban ministry, "Signs of Hope in the City" dramatizes the ways in which churches and church-based coalitions are reversing urban decay and social disintegration. These stories will help readers develop a theology of urban ministry by showing how faith commitments govern and empower the lives of urban Christians.

Reaching The City

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Gary Fujino
language : en
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Release Date : 2012-06-28

Reaching The City written by Gary Fujino and has been published by William Carey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Religion categories.

Rapid urbanization and globalization processes worldwide have changed the landscape of our times. In Asia and Africa the number of urban dwellers increases by an average of one million per week, according to the United Nations. More than half of the globe’s seven billion human beings now live in cities. These realities have far reaching implications for mission in urban contexts at the start of the third millennium. Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century seeks to address the missiological challenges associated with this new world order. Each author in this collection respectfully builds upon the significant contributions of seminal writers such as Ray Bakke, Jacques Ellul, Basil of Caesarea and others, while making new and creative proposals for urban mission in our world today. Beginning with the bigger picture of the global challenges of urbanization, and moving through theological, historical, and educational perspectives, this volume concludes with a rich bevy of case studies engaging these new realities of both North American and international cities to encourage a missional thrust to reach these communities.

Signs Of Hope In The City

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Graham Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Signs Of Hope In The City written by Graham Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Church work with the poor categories.

Remembering Faithfully Forward

DOWNLOAD eBooks

Author : Barry K. Morris
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-06-08

Remembering Faithfully Forward written by Barry K. Morris and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-08 with Religion categories.

Daily Meditation readers abound; some, thankfully, endure. Rare are spiritually grounded and contemplative invitations that feature four generations of earnest family teachers, preachers, activists, journalists, and controversial prophets. In various life conditions, threatening and challenged by sickness and despair, herein are eight Niebuhrs’ faithful wrestlings. They bequeath bristling morsels and compelling insights, creatively compacted into more than four hundred entries and reference leads for further consideration. Thus, deeply influenced by the patriarch and matriarch, Gustav Sr. and Lydia, arise Reinhold’s steadfast reflections on grace-grounded justice and its principles; the caringly layered meanings of the love of neighbor and God from his brother, H. Richard; the dedication to render the faith intelligible to postmoderns held by his son, Richard Reinhold; and the decisive and insightful journalism by, in turn, his son, Gustav Jr., on Lincoln being duly lobbied for mercy to indigenous peoples. And that’s not all—the indispensable reminiscences of Reinhold’s educator sister, Hulda, and his wife, Ursula, as well as the unearthed grace-based Serenity Prayer of his daughter Elisabeth, corporately express rare gleanings of the Niebuhr clan’s virtual school of warm contemplative action.

Hopeful Realism In Urban Ministry

Recent Posts