A heart for the community : new models for urban and suburban ministry / general editors, John Fuder & Noel Castellanos ; foreword by John Perkins. - Chicago, IL : Moody Publishers, 2013. - 502 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

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

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City churches.
Suburban churches.
Church work.

BV 637 / .H43 2013