Biblical faith and the changing inner city Gornik, Mark R. Additional Author mixed material bibliography Grand Rapids William B. Eerdmans publishing co. 2002 monographic en English

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Foreword by Miroslav Volf Preface by LaVerne Stokes How are Christians to understand and respond to our distressed inner-city communities? Building on both the perspective of God's new creation and the view from the neighborhood, Mark R. Gornik'sTo Live in Peace shows how the life of the church, the strategies of community development, and the practices of peacemaking can make a transformational difference. Centering the book is the story of Baltimore's New Song Community Church, a church that stands as a witness to what can happen when the risks of the gospel are taken. Engaging with a wide range of theological and missiological perspectives, Gornik demonstrates how placing blame for the current conditions of life in the inner city on the residents themselves fails the test of critical analysis and the witness of Scripture. Yet his proposals also show ways that t 253.090802846858 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 253.09 Gor t-2 E09001066 Non Fiction 253.09 Gor t-2 E07001074 To_Live_in_Peace.jpg 26508 2014-08-25 13:57:12 2025-11-08 08:54:07 machine generated