RESOURCES ON CHURCH-BASED COMMUNITY MINISTRY
Biblical principles of Christian compassion and transformational community ministry:
Ronald Sider, Good News, Good Works: Uniting the Church to Heal a Lost and Broken World (Zondervan, 1993).
Tim Keller, Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road (P&R Publishing, 1989).
Robert Linthicum, Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in Your Community
(InterVarsity, 2003).
Robert Lupton, And You Call Yourself a Christian: Toward Responsible Charity (CCDA, 2006).
George McKinney and William Kritlow, Cross the Line: Reclaiming the Inner City for God (Nelson, 1997).
Bob Moffitt with Karla Tesch, If Jesus Were Mayor: How Your Local Church Can Transform Your Community
(Harvest Publishing, 2004).
Bryant Myers, Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development (Orbis Books,
1999).
John Perkins, ed. Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right (Baker Books, 1995).
Heidi Unruh and Phil Olson, What is Holistic Ministry? Video (Network 9:35, 2003).
Jay Van Groningen, Communities First (CRWRC, 2005).
Planning and mobilizing church-based community ministry:
Willie Richardson, Reclaiming the Urban Family: How to Mobilize the Church as a Family Center (Zondervan,
1996).
Ray Bakke and Sam Roberts, The Expanded Mission of Center City Churches (International Urban Associates, 1998).
Victor Claman and David Butler with Jessica Boyatt, Acting on Your Faith: Congregations Making a Difference, A
Guide to Success in Service and Social Action (Insights, 1994).
Carl Dudley, Community Ministry: New Challenges, Proven Steps to Faith-Based Initiatives (Alban Institute, 2002).
Robert M. Franklin, Another Day's Journey: Black Churches Confronting the American Crisis (Fortress Press, 1997).
Dennis Jacobsen, Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing (Fortress Press, 2001).
Jan Johnson, Growing Compassionate Kids: Helping Kids See Beyond Their Back Yard (Upper Room Books, 2001).
Robert Logan and Larry Short, Mobilizing Compassion: Moving People into Ministry (Revell, 1994).
Kenneth Miller and Mary Wilson, The Church That Cares: Identifying and Responding to Needs in Your Community
(Judson, 1985).
Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson, The Externally Focused Church (Group, 2004).
Amy Sherman, Restorers of Hope (Crossway Books, 1997).
Amy Sherman, The ABCs of Community Ministry: A Curriculum for Congregations (Hudson Institute, 2001).
Ronald Sider, Phil Olson, and Heidi Unruh, Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good
News and Good Works (Baker, 2002).
Steve Sjogren, ed. Seeing Beyond Church Walls: Action Plans for Touching Your Community (Group, 2002).
Luther Snow, The Power of Asset Mapping: How Your Congregation Can Act on Its Gifts (Alban, 2004).
Phil Tom and Sally Johnson, Handbook for Urban Church Ministries (Metro Mission, 1996).
Heidi Unruh, Phil Olson, and Ronald Sider, Becoming a Church That Makes a Difference: Ventures in Holistic
Ministry CD-ROM (Network 9:35, 2006).
Bible study resources on holistic ministry
Justice Now! (Christian Community Development Association, 1992).
Carolyn Nystrom, Loving the World (InterVarsity Press, 1992).
Amy Sherman, Sharing God's Heart for the Poor: Meditations for Worship, Prayer & Service (Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 1999).
Ronald Sider, ed. For They Shall Be Fed: Readings and Prayers for a Just World (W. Publishing Group, 1997).
Reg Parks, Compassion by Command video curriculum (Here's Life Inner City, 2002).
Transformational church leadership:
Jim Herrington, Mike Bonem, and James Furr, Leading Congregational Change (Jossey-Bass, 2000).
Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro, Culture Shift: Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out (Jossey-Bass,
2005).
Randy Pope, The Intentional Church: Moving From Church Success to Community Transformation (Moody
Publishers, 2006).
Gilbert Rendle, Leading Change in the Congregation (The Alban Institute, 1998).
Best practices ministry profiles:
Robert Carle and Louis Decaro, Jr., Signs of Hope in the City: Ministries of Community Renewal (Judson, 1997).
Barbara Elliott, Street Saints: Renewing America's Cities (Templeton Foundation Press, 2004).
Nile Harper, Urban Churches, Vital Signs: Beyond Charity Toward Justice (Eerdmans, 1999).
Ronald J. Sider, Cup of Water, Bread of Life (Zondervan, 1994).
Samuel G. Freedman, Upon this Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church (HarperCollins, 1993).
Web resources for church-based compassion ministry:
Alban Institute, www.alban.org
Breakthrough Partners, www.breakthroughpartners.org
Center for Family and Community Ministry, www.baylor.edu/CFCM
Center for Renewal, www.centerforrenewal.org
Center on Faith in Communities, www.centeronfic.org
Children's Defense Fund, www.childrensdefense.org
Christian Community Development Association, www.ccda.org
Christians Supporting Community Organizing, www.cscoweb.org
City Reaching, www.cityreaching.com
Congregational Resource Guide, www.congregationalresources.org
Disciple Nations Alliance, www.disciplenations.org
Evangelicals for Social Action, www.esa-online.org
Faith in Action, www.putyourfaithinaction.org
Family & Children Faith Coalition, www.factfl.org
FASTEN Network, www.fastennetwork.org
Harvest, www.harvestfoundation.org
Leadership Network, www.leadnet.org
Loving Our Communities to Christ, www.missionamerica.org
Network 9:35, www.network935.org
Outreach, Inc., www.outreach.com
Partners In Urban Transformation, www.piut.org
Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education, www.scupe.org
TechMission, www.christianvolunteering.org and urbanministry.org
World Relief, www.worldrelief.org
World Vision, www.worldvision.org
Zondervan Publishing, www.zondervan.com
Models of city-wide church-based community service events
CareFest, carefestusa.com
CityServe, aes-egc.org/cityserve
ShareFest, sharefest.org
Unite!, uniteus.followers.net
E-mail newsletters on the church's response to local / global concerns
City Voices, roger@cityvoices.com
EBread, www.bread.org
EPistle, epistle@esa-online.org
Evangelism News and City Reaching, info@missionamerica.org
National Pastors Prayer Network, updates@nppn.org
Sojo Mail, sojomail@sojo.net
World Vision eNews, www.worldvision.org/churches
World Vision Advocacy, www.seekjustice.org