{"product_id":"where-the-cross-meets-the-street-what-happens-to-the-neighborhood-when-god-is-at-the-center-paperback","title":"Where the Cross Meets the Street: What Happens to the Neighborhood When God Is at the Center - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoel Castellanos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eWayne Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMissio Alliance Essential Reading List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe cross means more than we've let it mean.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProclaiming 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhere the Cross Meets the Street\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWayne Gordon (D.Min., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is founding pastor of Lawndale Community Church and chairman\/president of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoel Castellanos is the CEO of the Christian Community Development Association. He was the founding president of the Latino Leadership Foundation, a training and development organization for Latino pastors, and the founding pastor of Chicago's La Villita Community Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Perkins, the son of a sharecropper, grew up in Mississippi amid dire poverty and rampant racism. Though he had fled to California after his older brother was murdered by a town marshal, he returned after his conversion to Christ in 1960 to share the gospel with his community. His leadership of civil rights demonstrations earned him repeated harassment, beatings and imprisonment. However, in recent years Perkins has received recognition for his work with seven honorary doctorates from Wheaton College, Gordon College, Huntington College, Geneva College, Spring Arbor College, North Park College and Belhaven College. He continues to speak and teach around the world on issues of racial reconciliation, leadership and community development. Perkins is the founder of Voice of Calvary Ministries in Mendenhall, Mississippi, Harambee Ministries in Pasadena, California, and the Christian Community Development Association. His books include \u003ci\u003eLet Justice Roll Down, With Justice for All, A Quiet Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLinking Arms, Linking Lives.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 183\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.03 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779968663840,"sku":"9780830836918","price":22.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dfbc2e9a2644d00d33393c1e63a1c2c1.webp?v=1780520876","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/where-the-cross-meets-the-street-what-happens-to-the-neighborhood-when-god-is-at-the-center-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}