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  • Disaster Ministry Handbook, By Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan
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    Disaster Ministry Handbook

    by Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan

    FEMA Community Preparedness Award

    When disasters happen, people turn to local churches as centers for response and assistance. When floods or tornadoes devastate an area, or when shootings and violence shock a community, knowing what to do can be the difference between calm and chaos, courage and fear, life and death. But few churches plan in advance for what they should do—until ...

  • Mending the Divides: Creative Love in a Conflicted World, By Jon Huckins and Jer Swigart
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    Mending the Divides

    Creative Love in a Conflicted World

    by Jon Huckins and Jer Swigart
    Foreword by Lynne Hybels

    Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Mission/The Global Church

    Conflict, hatred, and injustice seem to be the norm rather than the exception in our world, our nation, our communities, our homes. The fractures and fissures run so deep that we're paralyzed by our hopelessness, writing off peace as a far-fetched option for the afterlife. Even if ...

  • Calling in Context: Social Location and Vocational Formation, By Susan L. Maros
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    Calling in Context

    Social Location and Vocational Formation

    by Susan Lynn Maros

    "I don't care for vocational books written in the United States; they're too American." When Susan Maros heard this comment from a Malaysian colleague, she was initially taken aback. Isn't the concept of calling universal? Why wouldn't resources with a biblical perspective on vocation apply to everyone?The reality is that each of us encounters our questions of calling from within ...

  • The Way of Befriending: Transforming Relationships and Organizations for Belonging, By Parfait Bassalé
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    The Way of Befriending

    Transforming Relationships and Organizations for Belonging

    by Parfait Bassalé

    Build Bridges Through Courage, Curiosity, and Compassion

    In a world fractured by division and isolation, The Way of Befriending offers a transformative vision of connection. Parfait Bassalé, a belonging strategist,singer-songwriter, and storyteller shows how we can dismantle barriers of race, religion, and identity, healing relationships and communities by befriending ...

  • Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City  the People of God, By Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz
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    Urban Ministry

    The Kingdom, the City & the People of God

    by Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz

    No. 3 in the Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year

    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 ...

  • To Give or Not to Give: Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity, and Redefining Sustainability, By John Rowell
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    To Give or Not to Give

    Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity, and Redefining Sustainability

    by John Rowell
    Foreword by Peter Kuzmic

    Modern mission theory is guided largely by the three self paradigm that suggests indigenous churches can only be healthy if they are self-governing, self-propagating, and self-supporting. Consequently, Western missionaries, their churches, and their agencies have been increasingly indisposed to giving generously. We must rethink the interplay of dollars dependency and what it means to do the right ...

  • The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community's Compassion and Capacity, By Tom Nelson
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    The Economics of Neighborly Love

    Investing in Your Community's Compassion and Capacity

    by Tom Nelson

    The Gospel Coalition Book Award

    What does the good news of Jesus mean for economics?

    Too often, Christian teaching and ministry have focused only on the gospel's spiritual significance and ignored its physical, real-world ramifications. But loving our neighbor well has direct economic implications, and in our diverse and stratified society we need to grapple with them ...

  • The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus, By Mark Labberton
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    The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor

    Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus

    by Mark Labberton


    • 2011 Christianity Today Book Award winner

    Jesus didn't see a sick woman, he saw a daughter of God. He didn't see an outcast from society, he saw a child of Israel. He didn't see a sinner, he saw a person in the image of the Creator.

    Are we able to see others with the eyes of Jesus?

    Seeing rightly is the beginning of renewal, forgiveness, ...

  • Comfort Detox: Finding Freedom From Habits That Bind You, By Erin M. Straza Comfort Detox: Finding Freedom From Habits That Bind You, By Erin M. Straza
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    Comfort Detox

    Finding Freedom From Habits That Bind You

    by Erin Straza

    "For too long I have lived life on comfort mode, making choices for life engagement based on safety, ease, and convenience. It has left me very little wiggle room, just a small parcel of real estate upon which to live, move, and have my being. It's not quite the abundant life Jesus was offering."Whether we're aware of it or not, our minds, bodies, and souls often seek out what's comfortable. Erin ...