Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America
by Robert D. Lupton
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"A gripping discovery of God's grace where we least expect to find it--in the decaying core of the city." --Ronald A. Nikkel, president, Prison Fellowship International "The story of Lupton's ministry is one of the most inspiring in America. Those of us who are trying to accomplish something of value in urban settings look to him and his co-workers as models." --Tony Campolo, author of Stories That Feed Your Soul Urban ministry activist Robert Lupton moved into a high crime area of Atlanta show more intending to bring Christ's message into the ghetto--but his humbling discovery of a spiritual life already flowering in the city's urban soil forces the minister to reexamine the deepest parts of his own soul, confronting his own patronizing, materialistic attitudes and the biases he himself held against the urban poor. show lessTags
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Theirs Is the Kingdom is a collection of short, one to two page stories about life in the inner city. Lupton brings you face-to-face with the poor and marginalized like no other. Each story is short, poignant and moving. Sometimes his stories are intensely challenging. Others describe the hopelessness felt by many of the urban poor. But they all bring insight and clarity.
This is a good read for anyone who wants to serve and help others for Lupton helps us to see what it's like to be on the receiving end. Great read!
This is a good read for anyone who wants to serve and help others for Lupton helps us to see what it's like to be on the receiving end. Great read!
Really appreciated the format of this book; the short vignetter made it a fairly quick read, and helped show his points rather then telling them. Some very inspiring insights that will hopefully have an impact in my life.
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Robert D. Lupton is founder and president of FCS Urban Ministries (Focused Community Strategies) and the author of Theirs Is the Kingdom; Compassion, Justice, and the Christian Life; and the widely circulated "Urban Perspectives." To learn more, visit www.fcsministries.org.
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 253.09758231 — Religion Christian pastoral practice & religious orders Pastoral work (Pastoral theology) Pastoral Ministry; Pastoral Theology History, geographic treatment, biography
- LCC
- BV639 .P6 .L87 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Practical Theology Practical Theology Ecclesiastical theology
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