Includes bibliographical references.

Critical issues: Introduction / John Fuder -- Gentrification : the good news and the bad news / Wayne Gordon -- Working together to restore our communities : networking and collaboration / Noel Castellanos -- "Exegeting" your community : using ethnography to diagnose needs / John Fuder -- The border, the barrio, and the 'burbs : ministry among America's biggest minority / Juanita Irizarry -- A special blessing from the Lord? : Muslims among us / Sam Naaman -- Economic development in the hood : the church's role in creating jobs / Mary Nelson -- New wineskins : paradigm shifts for the church / Scott Clifton and Jackson Crum -- Growing a church through prayer : the story of Chicago Tabernacle / Al Toledo -- Church-planting models: Introduction / Noel Castellanos -- Jesus on the mic : the Hip Hop Church / Phil Jackson -- The volcanic model : an eruption within the Latino community / Isa�ias Mercado -- Becoming a Chinese neighbor : pursuing a church with yellow and white / Luke Dudenhofer -- Church in emerging culture : Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther ministry / Daniel Hill -- House church : historical and current trends / Clive Craigen -- Hospitality in the city : reaching the nations through neighborliness / Dave and Angie Arnold -- Healing the hurting in Humboldt Park : church rebirth / Wilfredo DeJesus -- "Alternative" cell church : a training lab for urban missions / Jon R. Pennington -- Church in the city center : diversity and constant change / Tom Kubiak -- Ministering to suburban needs: Introduction / Glen Kehrein -- The times they are a-changing : the suburbanization of poverty / Glen Kehrein -- Seizing the moment : churches in racially changing communities / Winfred Neely -- Mobilizing the suburban church : moving from charity to development / Kirsten Strand -- Urban issues in suburban towns? : poverty among luxury / Tony Danhelka -- Becoming a multi-ethnic suburban church : intentional international diversity / Marty Schoenleber -- The great community : a pathway from diversity to unity / Daniel J. Gute -- Parachurch ministries: Introduction / Clive Craigen -- Loving the sexually broken : the world of male prostitution (Emmaus Ministry) / John Green -- Heart to God and hand to man : the Salvation Army in Chicago / Mary Kim and Dave and Darlene Harvey -- Unleashing the family : safe families for vulnerable children (Lydia Home) / David Anderson -- In search of lost sheep : how young life reaches North Side teenagers / Dave and Beth Kanelos -- Using principles of excellence to change young lives : By the Hand Club for Kids / Donnita Travis and Sarah James -- Aggressive evangelism : taking the gospel to the streets (YWAM) / Brad Stanley -- About the CCDA Institute.