To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner CityWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 17. sep. 2002 - 261 sider Foreword by Miroslav Volf Preface by LaVerne Stokes How are Christians to understand and respond to our distressed inner-city communities? Building on both the perspective of God's new creation and the view from the neighborhood, Mark R. Gornik'sTo Live in Peace shows how the life of the church, the strategies of community development, and the practices of peacemaking can make a transformational difference. Centering the book is the story of Baltimore's New Song Community Church, a church that stands as a witness to what can happen when the risks of the gospel are taken. Engaging with a wide range of theological and missiological perspectives, Gornik demonstrates how placing blame for the current conditions of life in the inner city on the residents themselves fails the test of critical analysis and the witness of Scripture. Yet his proposals also show ways that the church can work with the community to overcome structural obstacles to human flourishing. |
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THIS LITTLE LIGHT | xv |
URBAN FAITH MATTERS | 1 |
INNER CITIES AND THE NEW AMERICAN CITY | 2 |
THE GOSPEL IN ACTION | 6 |
THE CITY THE GOSPEL AND DISCIPLESHIP | 23 |
LOOKING AHEAD | 31 |
EXCLUDED NEIGHBORHOODS | 35 |
THE MAKING OF AN INNERCITY NEIGHBORHOOD | 38 |
OUT OF THE RUINS | 127 |
ENGAGING NEHEMIAH | 131 |
DYNAMICS OF COMMUNITY REBUILDING | 148 |
REBUILDING IN THE SPIRIT | 159 |
SINGING A NEW SONG | 163 |
THREE RS PLUS ONE | 167 |
WHERE JUST TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED | 172 |
NO MORE VACANT HOUSES | 175 |
THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CREATION OF URBAN SPACE | 50 |
THE CORNER AND THE STORY OF SALVATION | 57 |
A CHURCH OF THE STREETS | 65 |
THE KINGDOM LIFE OF THE CHURCH | 67 |
THE COMMON LIFE OF THE CHURCH | 74 |
THE WITNESSING LIFE OF THE CHURCH | 90 |
THE THINGS THAT MAKE FOR PEACE | 97 |
SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY | 100 |
CREATING SPACES OF GODS PEACE | 110 |
PRESENCE PRAYER AND PUBLIC ACTIVITY | 114 |
THE DIFFERENCE OF PEACEMAKING | 121 |
EXPANDING A HOLISTIC VISION | 181 |
THIS FAR AND MUCH FURTHER TO GO BY FAITH | 191 |
THE FUTURE OF THE INNER CITY | 197 |
SIGNS OF THE CHANGING INNER CITY | 198 |
THE RICH MAN LAZARUS AND THE DIVIDED CITY | 204 |
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES | 208 |
DEFINING RESPONSIBILITY | 227 |
BUILDING ON FAITH LOVE AND HOPE | 231 |
NOT IN VAIN | 237 |
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