At long last, the reissue of the classic book by the late, great William ¿Bill¿ Augustus Jones. The original volume featured essays on urban ministry and sermons on social justice, and this new edition has been updated by the late author¿s younger daughter and expanded to add several never-before-published sermons from the preaching giant. The book also features new essays reflecting on the legacy and influence of Dr. Jones and his work, from notable leaders including James Forbes, Frederick Haynes, Otis Moss III, J. Alfred Smith Sr., Al Sharpton, Jacqueline Thompson, and more!

In this hilarious and controversial collection written in the voice of Cohen's most famous character, Ali G, the comedian mocks the rap culture, religion, and homophobia.

"One of the nation's best known churches, Fourth Presbyterian is a thriving mainline church housed in an elegant Gothic building in Chicago's wealthy Gold Coast neighborhood. Less than a mile to the west is another world: the Cabrini-Green low- income housing projects. In this evenhanded account, James Wellman surveys the church's history of balancing its theological aims and its social boundaries and sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of liberal Protestantism as a modern religious institution. Wellman shows how Fourth Presbyterian has moved from an establishment congregation to what he calls a lay liberal church working to overcome class and race inequality in its urban context while carving out its institutional identity in an increasingly pluralistic environment. By examining the church's four main leaders over the course of the century, Wellman tracks Fourth Presbyterian's gradual shift away from an evangelical role and toward the current focus on service, epitomized in the church's main outreach program, an extensive volunteer tutoring program that serves hundreds of Cabrini-Green residents each week. In documenting Fourth Presbyterian's struggle to meet the needs of its privileged congregants while challenging them to move beyond exclusive boundaries of race and class, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto opens a window into the past, present, and future of the Protestant mainline."

The Real Ghetto Gospel is not a down play of Tupac or any other thug out there but it is a Gospel according to someone that has lived a life where God has truly shown Himself to be real in the midst of a destructive situation. Just like any of the other four gospels in the Bible, the reader receives the life of Jesus through the witness and testimony of someone that was not worthy. This is to show that God is not always found in some building but in the people that build it. God exists everywhere at all times, even in the place that is forgotten, rejected, and frowned upon (the Ghetto).I, Devan Meighan, the least of these, a minister and Elder of the Gospel, do testify of how the Unknown God became known to me. With every word do I hope to reveal Him to the reader of this book. Salutations to the saints and to the sinners that God has reached or is still reaching for. I hope that this book will be effective in affecting the way you see God. In such a way that is pleasing in His sight. As the book progress, I hope that you will see less of me and all of Him, to the Glory of God forever and ever. Amen.

Enlightenment with a bit of grit. The Truth as only I can tell it to you. Enter the Hood Chronicles: an inspirational insight of life in the Ghetto as told through the eyes of a Preacher. Infused with scriptures and biblical stories that mysteriously unfold through me, so that I may tell it to you. The Project Ministry, because even thugs believe. And we gone talk about the Lord, but we gone keep it street. So, if you are Godly, and you're Gangsta, then this is The Gospel According... to you.