Renewing the City Reflections on Community Development and Urban Renewal

Name: Renewing the City Reflections on Community Development and Urban Renewal
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ISBN: 9780830833269

ISBN-10: 0830833269

ISBN-13: 9780830833269

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robert D. Lupton, Bakke Raymond, Raymond J. Bakke

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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 Nehemiah as a role model for community transformation and renewal. Lupton sees the book of Nehemiah as the memoirs of an urban developer who transformed a decaying city into a place of security and vitality. Placing Nehemiah's story in juxtaposition with…

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List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 7/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Raymond J. Bakke is senior associate of Ray Bakke Associates, a nonprofit organization that partners with those who are passionate about empowering the church to be creatively missional in an urban world. He is the former chancellor and professor of global urban studies at Bakke Graduate University and former executive director of International Urban Associates in Chicago, Illinois.



Foreword



Preface



The Story



City in Ruins



The Calling



An Improbable Plan



The Opposition



Construction Begins



External Threats



Trouble in the Ranks



The End in Sight



The Wall Is Completed



Repentance and Recommitment



Reneighboring the City



The Good Years



Enforcing the Rules



The Issues



What Makes a Leader?



Gentrification with Justice



The Problem of Purity



Discerning a Vision



The Difficulty with Doing Good



Where Your Treasure Is



Serving or Leading?



Conflict of Interest



Church and Community



Biblical Tithing



Home in the City


Epilogue


Notes


About the Author