TY - BOOK AU - Gordon,Wayne AU - Perkins,John TI - Making neighborhoods whole: a handbook for Christian community development SN - 9781461944256 AV - BV639.P6 G68 2013eb U1 - 261.8/32 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - IVP Books KW - Christian Community Development Association KW - fast KW - Church work with the poor KW - United States KW - Community development KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Pastorale des pauvres KW - États-Unis KW - Développement communautaire KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Life KW - Social Issues KW - bisacsh KW - General KW - Electronic books N1 - Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 8, 2014); Includes bibliographical references; Foreword / Shane Claiborne -- A tale of two activists : roots of Christian community development -- Christian community development comes together : the CCDA's early years -- The state of Christian community development : recent past to next horizon -- Relocation -- Reconciliation -- Redistribution -- Leadership development -- Listening to the community -- Being church-based -- A wholistic approach -- Empowerment N2 - Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years later CCDA's eight key components of community development still set the bar for how churches, parachurches and nonprofits engage cities with the whole gospel." elocation " econciliation " edistribution " eadership Development " istening to the Community " hurch-Based Development " Wholistic Approach to Ministry " mpowerment In Making Neighborhoods Whole Perkins and Gordon revisit these eight commitments and how they've played out in real communities, even as they scan the horizon of urban ministry to set a new tone. With profiles of longstanding and emerging community development ministries, they guide a new conversation and empower disciples of Jesus to seek the welfare of their cities to the glory of God UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=644042 ER -