books by Robert D. Lupton (celebrating compassion rethinking)

books by Robert D. Lupton

books:

Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor by Lupton, Robert D. unknown ...
Robert D. Lupton

Regal, 1000

Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It) unknown Edition by ...
Robert D. Lupton

HarperOne, 1200

Toxic Charity
Robert D. Lupton

HarperOne, 2011

Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America
Robert D. Lupton

HarperOne, 2011

Timely, informative reflections on the relationship between poverty and Christianity, the responsibilities of the haves and have-nots, and the lessons Christians can learn from the poor.

Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor
Robert D. Lupton

Regal, 2007

The urban landscape is changing and, as a result, urban ministries are at a crossroads. If the Church is to be an effective agent of compassion and justice, Robert Lupton notes, we must change our mission strategies. In this compelling book, Lupton asks the tough questions about service providing and community building to help ministries enhance their effectiveness. What are the dilemmas that caring people encounter to faithfully carry out the ...

Return flight: Community development through reneighboring our cities
Robert D Lupton

FCS Urban Ministries, 1993

Published through FCS Urban Ministries 2nd printing 1997 108 pages

Renewing the City: Reflections on Community Development and Urban Renewal
Robert D. Lupton

IVP Books, 2005

When an expatriate bureaucrat toured a devastated city, he saw more than ashes and ruins. He envisioned a thriving metropolis where God's people could find safety and community. Likewise, when we consider today's urban challenges, we can be daunted by corruption and despair, or we can see opportunities for rejuvenation, restoration and rebirth. Community developer and urban activist Robert D. Lupton looks to the Old Testament example of ...

Refounding the Church from the Underside

Wipf & Stock, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010

As the Christian church in the West moves further into the post-Christian era a dilemma rises for those thoughtful followers of Jesus Christ who find themselves in venerable, older church institutions that have become forgetful of their reason for being in the purpose of God. Such Christendom church institutions, as Henderson designates them, rather become somewhat idolatrous of their traditions, their sanctuaries, their ecclesiastical ...

Theirs Is the Kingdom; Celebrating the Gospel
Robert D. Lupton, 1989

Timely, informative reflections on the relationship between poverty and Christianity, the responsibilities of the haves and have-nots, and the lessons Christians can learn from the poor.

Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
Robert D. Lupton

HarperOne, 2012

Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help—not sabotage—those whom they desire to serve. Lupton, the founder of FCS Urban Ministries (Focused Community Strategies) in Atlanta, the voice of the Urban Perspectives newsletter, and the author of Compassion, ...