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Church & Neighborhood

Your church is situated in a particular neighborhood with unique needs and opportunities. How is your congregation engaging with your community? These books consider place-based ministry and how churches can partner with their surrounding neighbors for the greater good.

Local and Universal: A Free Church Account of Ecclesial Catholicity, By C. Ryan Fields
Local and Universal
Christopher Ryan Fields
Centering Discipleship: A Pathway for Multiplying Spectators into Mature Disciples, By E. K. Strawser
Centering Discipleship
Eun Kyong Strawser
Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church, By Eric Costanzo and Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens
Inalienable
Eric Costanzo and Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens
Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society, By Amy L. Sherman
Agents of Flourishing
Amy L. Sherman
Who Moved My Neighborhood?: Leading Congregations Through Gentrification and Economic Change, By Mark E. Strong
Who Moved My Neighborhood?
Mark E. Strong
When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together, By Terence Lester
When We Stand
Terence Lester
The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide: Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live, By Tony Cook and Don Everts
The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide
Anthony Allan Cook and Don Everts
6 Sessions
Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics, By Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville
Refuge Reimagined
Mark R Glanville and Luke Glanville
Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good, By Alvin Sanders
Uncommon Church
Alvin Sanders
Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are, By Tim Soerens
Everywhere You Look
Tim Soerens
A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters, By Stephen Witmer
A Big Gospel in Small Places
Stephen Witmer
Together for the City: How Collaborative Church Planting Leads to Citywide Movements, By Neil Powell and John James
Together for the City
Neil Powell and John James
I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People, By Terence Lester
I See You
Terence Lester
Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God's Shalom, By Adam L. Gustine
Becoming a Just Church
Adam L. Gustine
How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities, By Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop
How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick
Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop
Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods, By Jonathan Brooks
Church Forsaken
Jonathan Brooks
Seeing Jesus in East Harlem: What Happens When Churches Show Up and Stay Put, By José Humphreys
Seeing Jesus in East Harlem
José Humphreys
Kingdom Collaborators: Eight Signature Practices of Leaders Who Turn the World Upside Down, By Reggie McNeal
Kingdom Collaborators
Reggie McNeal
Seven Practices for the Church on Mission, By David E. Fitch
Seven Practices for the Church on Mission
David E. Fitch
The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community's Compassion and Capacity, By Tom Nelson
The Economics of Neighborly Love
Tom Nelson
The Power of Proximity: Moving Beyond Awareness to Action, By Michelle Ferrigno Warren
The Power of Proximity
Michelle Ferrigno Warren
To Alter Your World: Partnering with God to Rebirth Our Communities, By Michael Frost and Christiana Rice
To Alter Your World
Michael Frost and Christiana Rice
Race and Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation, By David P. Leong
Race and Place
David P. Leong
Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission, By David E. Fitch
Faithful Presence
David E. Fitch
Breaking the Huddle: How Your Community Can Grow Its Witness, By Don Everts and Doug Schaupp and Val Gordon
Breaking the Huddle
Don Everts and Doug Schaupp and Val Gordon