Do you want a highly recommended book for your New Year reading list?
Community ministry can enliven pastoral care, provides opportunities for people to express their discipleship and helps us to understand the persistent injustices in our society. This book explains and demonstrates how community ministry unites practical social responsibility and active Christian mission across all denominations to serve the basic needs of those around us. Using case studies, it illustrates the significance of the church's involvement in the community and provides a strategy for effective church run community projects. The approaches outlined take into account the real pressures and limitations experienced by churches and describe practical ways of using resources that are already available.
Drawing on the experience of a number of churches, this book
- links the good news of the gospel with work in the community;
- challenges churches and Christians to understand and learn from those in need;
- suggests how Christians can bring about positive changes in society;
- shows how community ministry can awaken faith.
Ann Morisy is Ministry Adviser in the Diocese of London.
Author: Anne Morisy
Title: Beyond the Good Samaritan: Community Ministry and Mission
Printed by: London: Mowbray, 1997
ISBN-10: 0826471412