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Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City & the People of God is unavailable, but you can change that!

The city presents serious challenges that cry out for answers: poverty, racism, human exploitation and government corruption. How can the church move ahead in the midst of these demands with the gospel of hope? Here, in one comprehensive volume, Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz, two noted scholars and proven practitioners of urban ministry, address the vital work of the church in the city. Their...

Careful attention to the issue of context in general and urban context in particular has led us to distinguish three kinds of urban leaders seeking ethnic leadership team. Each has its own unique characteristics, assets and liabilities, and thus it is important and useful to distinguish one from another. Obviously a leader who is indigenous to a context can perhaps more easily influence it for Christ. But a leader who has relocated to a context can be effective especially as he or she first acknowledges
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