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Resources on Church-Based Community Ministry

Biblical principles of Christian compassion and transformational community ministry:

Ronald Sider, Good News, Good Works: Uniting the Church to Heal a Lost and Broken World (Zondervan, 1993).

Tim Keller, Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road (P&R Publishing, 1989).

Robert Linthicum, Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in Your Community (InterVarsity, 2003).

Robert Lupton, And You Call Yourself a Christian: Toward Responsible Charity (CCDA, 2006).

George McKinney and William Kritlow, Cross the Line: Reclaiming the Inner City for God (Nelson, 1997).

Bob Moffitt with Karla Tesch, If Jesus Were Mayor: How Your Local Church Can Transform Your Community (Harvest Publishing, 2004).

Bryant Myers, Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development (Orbis Books, 1999).

John Perkins, ed. Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right (Baker Books, 1995).

Heidi Unruh and Phil Olson, What is Holistic Ministry? Video (Word & Deed Network, 2003).

Jay Van Groningen, Communities First (CRWRC, 2005).

Planning and mobilizing church-based community ministry:

Willie Richardson, Reclaiming the Urban Family: How to Mobilize the Church as a Family Center (Zondervan, 1996).

Ray Bakke and Sam Roberts, The Expanded Mission of Center City Churches (International Urban Associates, 1998).

Victor Claman and David Butler with Jessica Boyatt, Acting on Your Faith: Congregations Making a Difference, A Guide to Success in Service and Social Action (Insights, 1994).

Carl Dudley, Community Ministry: New Challenges, Proven Steps to Faith-Based Initiatives (Alban Institute, 2002).

Robert M. Franklin, Another Day's Journey: Black Churches Confronting the American Crisis (Fortress Press, 1997).

Dennis Jacobsen, Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing (Fortress Press, 2001).

Jan Johnson, Growing Compassionate Kids: Helping Kids See Beyond Their Back Yard (Upper Room Books, 2001).

Robert Logan and Larry Short, Mobilizing Compassion: Moving People into Ministry (Revell, 1994).

Kenneth Miller and Mary Wilson, The Church That Cares: Identifying and Responding to Needs in Your Community (Judson, 1985).

Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson, The Externally Focused Church (Group, 2004).

Amy Sherman, Restorers of Hope (Crossway Books, 1997).

Amy Sherman, The ABCs of Community Ministry: A Curriculum for Congregations (Hudson Institute, 2001).

Ronald Sider, Phil Olson, and Heidi Unruh, Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works (Baker, 2002).

Steve Sjogren, ed. Seeing Beyond Church Walls: Action Plans for Touching Your Community (Group, 2002).

Luther Snow, The Power of Asset Mapping: How Your Congregation Can Act on Its Gifts (Alban, 2004).

Phil Tom and Sally Johnson, Handbook for Urban Church Ministries (Metro Mission, 1996).

Heidi Unruh, Phil Olson, and Ronald Sider, Becoming a Church That Makes a Difference: Ventures in Holistic Ministry CD-ROM (Word & Deed Network, 2006).


Bible study resources on holistic ministry

Justice Now! (Christian Community Development Association, 1992).

Carolyn Nystrom, Loving the World (InterVarsity Press, 1992).

Amy Sherman, Sharing God's Heart for the Poor: Meditations for Worship, Prayer & Service (Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1999).

Ronald Sider, ed. For They Shall Be Fed: Readings and Prayers for a Just World (W. Publishing Group, 1997).

Reg Parks, Compassion by Command video curriculum (Here's Life Inner City, 2002).

Transformational church leadership:

Jim Herrington, Mike Bonem, and James Furr, Leading Congregational Change (Jossey-Bass, 2000).

Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro, Culture Shift: Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out (Jossey-Bass, 2005).

Randy Pope, The Intentional Church: Moving From Church Success to Community Transformation (Moody Publishers, 2006).

Gilbert Rendle, Leading Change in the Congregation (The Alban Institute, 1998).

Best practices ministry profiles:

Robert Carle and Louis Decaro, Jr., Signs of Hope in the City: Ministries of Community Renewal (Judson, 1997).

Barbara Elliott, Street Saints: Renewing America's Cities (Templeton Foundation Press, 2004).

Nile Harper, Urban Churches, Vital Signs: Beyond Charity Toward Justice (Eerdmans, 1999).

Ronald J. Sider, Cup of Water, Bread of Life (Zondervan, 1994).

Samuel G. Freedman, Upon this Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church (HarperCollins, 1993).

Web resources for church-based compassion ministry:

Alban Institute, www.alban.org

Breakthrough Partners, www.breakthroughpartners.org

Center for Family and Community Ministry, www.baylor.edu/CFCM

Center for Renewal, www.centerforrenewal.org

Center on Faith in Communities, www.centeronfic.org

Children's Defense Fund, www.childrensdefense.org

Christian Community Development Association, www.ccda.org

Christians Supporting Community Organizing, www.cscoweb.org

City Reaching, www.cityreaching.com

Congregational Resource Guide, www.congregationalresources.org

Disciple Nations Alliance, www.disciplenations.org

Evangelicals for Social Action, www.esa-online.org

Faith in Action, www.putyourfaithinaction.org

Family & Children Faith Coalition, www.factfl.org

FASTEN Network, www.fastennetwork.org

Harvest, www.harvestfoundation.org

Leadership Network, www.leadnet.org

Loving Our Communities to Christ, www.missionamerica.org

Word & Deed Network, www.network935.org

Outreach, Inc., www.outreach.com

Partners In Urban Transformation, www.piut.org

Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education, www.scupe.org

TechMission, www.christianvolunteering.org and www.urbanministry.org

World Relief, www.worldrelief.org

World Vision, www.worldvision.org

Zondervan Publishing, www.zondervan.com

Models of city-wide church-based community service events

CareFest, carefestusa.com

CityServe, aes-egc.org/cityserve

ShareFest, sharefest.org

Unite!, uniteus.followers.net

E-mail newsletters on the church's response to local / global concerns

City Voices, roger@cityvoices.com

EBread, www.bread.org

EPistle, epistle@esa-online.org

Evangelism News and City Reaching, info@missionamerica.org

National Pastors Prayer Network, updates@nppn.org

Sojo Mail, sojomail@sojo.net

World Vision eNews, www.worldvision.org/churches

World Vision Advocacy, www.seekjustice.org

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