Standing in the Margin : How Your Congregation Can Minister with the Poor (and Perhaps Recover Its Soul in the Process)

by Mulligan, Mary Alice

• ISBN13: 9780829815443
• ISBN10: 0829815449
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Pilgrim Pr

Summary

Standing in the Margin consists of 12 small-group study sessions for adults to challenge individuals and congregations to stand with those who have the least. With care and insight based on their years of experience, Mulligan and Burrow explore the biblical and theological roots of ministry in the margin and offer practical, hands-on help for how to minister with - not to - those who live and work at the edge of society.

Author Biography

Rufus Burrow, Jr. is professor of theological social ethics at Christian Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Ministry in the margin (Sessions 1 and 2)	p. 1
Called to ministry (Sessions 3 and 4)	p. 21
Biblical and theological foundations for ministry in the margin (Sessions 5 and 6)	p. 49
Centering on the margin : a word from the prophet Micah (Sessions 7 and 8)	p. 79
Getting to the margin (Sessions 9 and 10)	p. 102
Recognizing and mending the wounds (Sessions 11 and 12)	p. 129
Bibliography	p. 139
Index	p. 143
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