Missio Alliance Essential Reading List
The cross means more than we've let it mean.
Proclaiming the gospel and forming the faithful: these are the most practiced disciplines of the evangelical church. As central as these disciplines are, however, they are only part of the story. And as Christian Community Development Association CEO Noel Castellanos has learned over a lifetime of ministry and mission, the neglect of the gospel's full implications for the world has contributed to the erosion of communities and the languishing of poor and other marginalized people.
In Where the Cross Meets the Street Castellanos shows the strengths and limitations of a narrowly focused church and broadens our imaginations to embrace a gospel that proclaims Christ and forms disciples. This life-giving gospel also demonstrates compassion, confronts injustice and restores individuals and communities to wholeness. This is the whole work of the cross; this is the privilege of those who follow the Word made flesh.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Foreword by John Perkins and Wayne Gordon
Introduction: Mumbo Jumbo
1. Mi Familia
2. Leaving the Barrio
3. A New Burden for the Barrio
4. Becoming an Evangelico
5. Incarnation
6. Proclamation and Formation
7. Demonstration of Compassion
8. Restoration and Development
9. Confrontation of Injustice
10. Sí, Se Puede
Conclusion: Seek the Peace and Welfare of the City
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. A Snapshot of CCDA
Appendix 2. Lessons from the Book of Nehemiah
Glossary
Sobre o autor
Wayne Gordon (D.Min., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is founding pastor of Lawndale Community Church and chairman/president of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA).