Author: Theatrice Williams
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788107526
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 169
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Presents insights about how churches can become successfully involved in community-based economic development in the Black community. Two case studies examines the role that two institutions have played in improving the social and economic conditions in their neighborhoods, and providing self-reliance through job creation and providing additional tax base.
Author: Gregory J. Reed
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780310489511
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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This practical book shows churches how to become a forge for revitalization in the community by means of "economic empowerment"--by becoming involved in the everyday economic life of their communities.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on General Oversight, Investigations, and the Resolution of Failed Financial Institutions
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Author: Henry Cisneros
Publisher:
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Category : Church work with the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Author: C. Christopher Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830841148
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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In today's fast-food world, Christianity can seem outdated or archaic. The temptation becomes to pick up the pace and play the game. But Chris Smith and John Pattison invites us to leave franchise faith behind and enter the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loves the church.
Author: David M. Scheie
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788142658
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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This program is based on the conviction that "churches flourish best when they reach beyond their own walls, and neighborhoods can benefit from the resources and leadership vested in local churches." It aims to: stimulate greater involvement of religious institutions in community revitalization, create new religious community partnerships, strengthen community ministries, and attract new sources of funding for such initiatives. 28 religious institutions and community based organizations received grants and technical assistance. This report presents evaluation findings from the first year of funded activity. Illustrated.
Author: Robert Wuthnow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520936361
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans bring together a stellar collection of essays that paints a contemporary portrait of American Protestantism—a denomination that has remained quietly, but firmly, influential in the public sphere. Mainline Protestants may have steered clear of the controversial, attention-grabbing tactics of the Religious Right, but they remain culturally influential and continue to impact American society through political action and the provision of social services. The contributors to this volume address religion's larger role in society and cover such topics as welfare, ecology, family, civil rights, and homosexuality. Pioneering, timely, and meticulously researched, The Quiet Hand of God will be an essential reference to the dynamics of American religion well into the twenty-first century.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on General Oversight, Investigations, and the Resolution of Failed Financial Institutions
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Author: J. Tribble
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403980918
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church offers practical wisdom from comparative analysis of the experiences of a male pastor and a female pastor in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Church leaders must be transformed themselves as they are transforming their churches to serve their communities. From his research of the perspectives of laity, clergy, and scholars of the black church, Jeffery L. Tribble offers hopeful stories and helpful strategies for those who believe that the black church must continue its historic mission of being an instrument of survival, elevation, and liberation for its people. Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church is an important contribution to studies of black religion, womanist thought, and social justice.
Author: Steve Corbett
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0802487629
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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With more than 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good. But it looks ahead. It encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially poor, and to know that we are all uniquely needy—and that God in the gospel is reconciling all things to himself. Focusing on both North American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts provides proven strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out.
