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Urban Ministry

Ministering in urban neighborhoods presents unique challenges—homelessness and poverty, gentrification, lack of resources, racial discrimination, and criminal justice concerns. These books offer practical advice from urban ministers with years of on-the-ground experience to encourage you in your mission.

Don't Despise Our Youth: Renewing Hope for Urban Youth Ministry, By David A Washington
Don't Despise Our Youth
David A Washington
Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God's Eyes, By Amy L. Williams
Worth Seeing
Amy Lyn Williams
Who Moved My Neighborhood?: Leading Congregations Through Gentrification and Economic Change, By Mark E. Strong
Who Moved My Neighborhood?
Mark E. Strong
Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good, By Alvin Sanders
Uncommon Church
Alvin Sanders
I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People, By Terence Lester
I See You
Terence Lester
Taking It to the Streets: Lessons from a Life of Urban Ministry, By Harry Louis Williams II
Taking It to the Streets
Harry Louis Williams
How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities, By Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop
How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick
Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop
Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods, By Jonathan Brooks
Church Forsaken
Jonathan Brooks
Seeing Jesus in East Harlem: What Happens When Churches Show Up and Stay Put, By José Humphreys
Seeing Jesus in East Harlem
José Humphreys
Serving God in a Migrant Crisis: Ministry to People on the Move, By Patrick Johnstone
Serving God in a Migrant Crisis
Patrick Johnstone
Serving God in Today's Cities: Facing the Challenges of Urbanization, By Patrick Johnstone
Serving God in Today's Cities
Patrick Johnstone
Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores, By Dominique DuBois Gilliard
Rethinking Incarceration
Dominique DuBois Gilliard
The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community's Compassion and Capacity, By Tom Nelson
The Economics of Neighborly Love
Tom Nelson
The Power of Proximity: Moving Beyond Awareness to Action, By Michelle Ferrigno Warren
The Power of Proximity
Michelle Ferrigno Warren
Race and Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation, By David P. Leong
Race and Place
David P. Leong
Where the Cross Meets the Street: What Happens to the Neighborhood When God Is at the Center, By Noel Castellanos
Where the Cross Meets the Street
Noel Castellanos
Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development, By Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
Making Neighborhoods Whole
Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City the People of God, By Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz
Urban Ministry
Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz
Encounter God in the City: Onramps to Personal and Community Transformation, By Randy White
Encounter God in the City
Randy White
The Hip-Hop Church: Connecting with the Movement Shaping Our Culture, By Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson
The Hip-Hop Church
Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson
A Theology as Big as the City, By Raymond J. Bakke
A Theology as Big as the City
Raymond J Bakke
Journey to the Center of the City: Making A Difference in an Urban Neighborhood, By Randy White
Journey to the Center of the City
Randy White
The Urban Christian, By Raymond J. Bakke and Jim Hart
The Urban Christian
Raymond J Bakke and Jim Hart