Signs of Hope in the City : Ministries of Community Renewal

by Carle, Robert D.

• ISBN13: 9780817013240
• ISBN10: 0817013245
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Judson Pr

Summary

"This book is a collection of essays ... written by urban ministers themselves, often telling the stories of their own involvement in the venture.... Get this book and see the vision that can emerge from others' stories and struggles. Ministers will benefit from the testimonies in this volume. So also will business people and government leaders who need to follow the lead of the churches and take their resources back into the heart of the city as well." - Congregational Leadership Resources

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Salt in the City	1	(9)
Robert D. Carle
Seeking the Shalom of the City: New York City Missions in Historical Perspective	10	(18)
Robert D. Carle
Shelter in the Time of Storm: The Black Church in New York City	28	(10)
Robert D. Carle
Booming Churches in Burned-out Districts: Christians in New York	38	(25)
Tony Carnes
PART ONE New York City Mission in the African American Context
Concord Baptist Church: Taking Care of Business in Bed-Stuy	63	(17)
Pamela Ann Toussaint
This Far by Faith: Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church	80	(12)
Catherine O. Sweeting
Bethel Gospel Assembly: Ministry to Harlem and Beyond	92	(17)
Louis A. DeCaro Jr.
PART TWO New York City Mission in the Latino Context
Redeeming Babylon: The Latino Pastoral Action Center and the South Bronx	109	(17)
Robert D. Carle
A Reformation in Brooklyn: The Story of Bay Ridge Christian Center	126	(16)
McKenzie P. Pier
Louis A. DeCaro Jr.
A Gospel of Power: The Story of St. Barbara's Church	142	(17)
Kathy Maire
PART THREE Church-Based Community Organizing
``Come, Let Us Rebuild the Walls of Jerusalem'': Broad-Based Organizing in the South Bronx	159	(11)
Lee Stuart
Redefining the Public Sphere: South Bronx Churches and Education Reform	170	(13)
Lee Stuart
Raising Lazarus: The Resurrection and Transformation of Harlem	183	(20)
Roger N. Scotland
PART FOUR New York City Mission in the Asian American Context
The Seoul of New York: The Korean Church of Queens	203	(13)
McKenzie P. Pier
Equipping the Saints for the Work of the Ministry: The Oversea Chinese Mission	216	(19)
Bobby Watts
PART FIVE Missions of Mercy
Setting the Oppressed Free: New York City Rescue Mission	235	(11)
Jim Varnhagen
Entertaining Angels Unawares: All Angels' Church	246	(15)
Robert E. Gross
Epilogue	261	(6)
Robert D. Carle
Notes	267