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To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City
Contributor(s): Gornik, Mark R. (Author)
ISBN: 0802846858     ISBN-13: 9780802846853
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
OUR PRICE:   $25.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2002
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Annotation: Building on both the perspective of God's new creation and the view from the neighborhood, "To 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Ministry - Preaching
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General
- Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources
Dewey: 253.091
LCCN: 2002023818
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 283 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Mainline
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Publisher Description:

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.

Contributor Bio(s): Gornik, Mark R.: - Mark R. Gornik is director of City Seminary of New York. He served previously as the founding pastor of New Song Community Church in Baltimore and is also the author of To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City.