Our nation used to look at violence, poverty, and gentrification and assign those problems to urban centers. Today, these issues concern the suburbs, too.The Christian community is responding to this reality. Churches and parachurch ministries are actively working to transform lives and restore communities throughout the city and suburbs. In A Heart for … Read more…
Missio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2015
The cross means more than we've let it mean.
Proclaiming the gospel and forming the faithful: these are the most practiced disciplines of the evangelical church. As central as these disciplines are, however, they are only part of the story. And as Christian Community Development Association CEO Noel … Read more…
Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class, comfortable, upwardly mobile suburban Christian mix fact an… Read more…
Islam, gentrification, AIDS, and multiculturalism: Where do we face these
realities? A few years ago, it was in the city. But today, many city dwellers are
moving to the suburbs, either by choice or because of circumstances beyond their
control. And this shift is changing both the urban and suburban landscape. With
this shift in mind, edi… Read more…
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