Putting Faith in Neighborhoods
Title | Putting Faith in Neighborhoods PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Goldsmith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Political Science |
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In this text on successful urban empowerment, former Indianapolis Major Stephen Goldsmith describes how he devolved key descisionmaking from city officials to grassroots leaders and worked closely with neighbourhood-based organizations to effect change. The book shows how a wide array of initiatives, from Goldsmith's work with Indianapolis faith-based organizations to his early successes in competitive contracting for city services, served to empower neighbourhoods. As a way of illustrating Goldsmith's empowerment initiatives, the book also contains an in-depth case study of three Indianapolis neighbourhoods by Ryan Streeter.
Slow Church
Title | Slow Church PDF eBook |
Author | C. Christopher Smith |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2014-05-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830841148 |
In today's fast-food world, Christianity can seem outdated or archaic.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.
Bedrock Faith
Title | Bedrock Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Charles May |
Publisher | Akashic Books |
Pages | 439 |
Release | 2014-02-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1617752096 |
An ex-convict returns to his Chicago community a changed man—but maybe not for the better—in this “vivid, suspenseful, funny, and compassionate novel” (Booklist). One of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels of the Year One of Roxane Gay’s Top 10 Books of the Year After fourteen years in prison, Gerald “Stew Pot” Reeves, age thirty-one, returns home to live with his mom in Parkland, a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The residents are in a tailspin, dreading the arrival of the man they remember as a frightening delinquent. The anxiety only grows when Stew Pot announces that he experienced a religious awakening in prison. Most folks are skeptical, with one notable exception: Mrs. Motley, a widowed retired librarian and the Reeves’ next-door neighbor, who loans Stew Pot a Bible, which is seen by him and many in the community as a friendly gesture. With uncompromising fervor (and with a new pit bull named John the Baptist), Stew Pot soon appoints himself the moral judge of Parkland—and starts wreaking havoc on people’s lives. Before long, tension and suspicion reign, and this close-knit community must reckon with questions of faith, fear, and forgiveness . . . “[A] novel of epiphanies, tragedies, and transformations . . . perfect for book clubs.” —Booklist, starred review “May slowly builds suspense as he persuasively unfolds the narrative in this work that reads like an Agatha Christie mystery.” —Library Journal “A wonderful urban novel full of vitality and pathos and grit.” —Dennis Lehane
Transforming Communities
Title | Transforming Communities PDF eBook |
Author | Sandhya Rani Jha |
Publisher | Chalice Press |
Pages | 125 |
Release | 2017-11-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0827237162 |
The world around us is a wreck. When there's so much conflict around the country and around the corner, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, powerless, and helpless. What can one person do to make a difference? Here's the good news. Millions of everyday people are ready to step into their power to transform their communities. And you are one of them. Take heart and be inspired by real stories of ordinary people who took action and changed their corner of the world, one step at a time. Equal parts inspiration, education, and Do-It-Yourself, Transforming Communities by veteran community activist Sandhya Jha will open your eyes to the world-healing potential within you, and give you the vision, the tools, and the encouragement to start transforming your neighborhood, one person at a time.
Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships
Title | Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships PDF eBook |
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Release | 2008 |
Genre | Community development |
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Faith-Rooted Organizing
Title | Faith-Rooted Organizing PDF eBook |
Author | Rev. Alexia Salvatierra |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2013-12-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830864695 |
Since the 1930s, organizing movements for social justice in the U.S. have largely been built on secular assumptions. But what if Christians were to shape their organizing around the implications of the truth that God is real and Jesus is risen? Reverend Alexia Salvatierra and theologian Peter Heltzel propose a model of organizing that arises from their Christian convictions, with implications for all faiths.
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
Title | Having Nothing, Possessing Everything PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Mather |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2018-10-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1467451401 |
Pastor Mike Mather arrived in Indianapolis thinking that he was going to serve the poor. But after his church’s community lost nine young men to violence in a few short months, Mather came to see that the poor didn’t need his help—he needed theirs. This is the story of how one church found abundance in a com-munity of material poverty. Viewing people—not programs, finances, or service models—as their most valuable resource moved church members beyond their own walls and out into the streets, where they discovered folks rich in strength, talents, determination, and love. Mather’s Having Nothing, Possessing Everything will inspire readers to seek justice in their own local communities and to find abundance and hope all around them.