Poverty is not just about money and development isn’t just about economics. It seems that this is a book that could be helpful to any church seeking to take its community seriously and to see it as their parish. Finally, we must move forward, always listening, always striving to embrace voices from the outside with a resolve to confront the sin of injustice at every opportunity” (pp. We must ask God and others for forgiveness, and we must forgive ourselves. We can grieve the tragedies that our forebears were a part of and try to figure out how they factor in to how we live today. We can study history and theology from the perspectives of those who were not invited into the process of creating the standard textbooks–history can sound so different based on who is telling the story. We can choose to live in a setting where we are the minority. We can put ourselves under the authority of someone from a different cultural heritage. We can choose to build relationships with those outside traditional power structures, with people who are ‘other.’ We can listen to their stories, paying careful attention especially when we hear a pattern emerging. “For people of privilege, reconciliation begins with sinking to our knees before God. That of Sami DiPasquale, an Anglo talking about reconciliation particularly struck me.
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I appreciated two questions in this chapter concerning avoiding dependency: “What will it take for you not to need anything from us in one year’s time?” and “What has to happen over the next year for you to get to a place where you can help others instead of needing help?”Īs you can see, this short book was full of practical help, perhaps more of a “primer” than a “handbook” yet immensely instructive.
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The authors believe it can never be an either/or approach of gospel or community work but both must work hand in hand. It is easy to operate independently of churches or for churches to relinquish responsibility for communities but the church is central in God’s redeeming purposes and the best situation is churches doing this ministry with a strong sense of “parish” ministry. He asked them to pray–God provided the washer and dryer and transport to move it to Lawndale! Gordon narrates a situation where he wanted to build athletic facilities when community members were telling him they needed a washer and dryer and a safe place to wash clothes. Sometimes ministry leaders have ideas of what a community needs that are not what the community thinks it needs. This invariably means a long-term commitment in the lives of young people from childhood through college and back into the community. The recommendation is not a handout but the opportunity and resources to work–education, micro-finance, and a justice system that doesn’t create a permanent underclass of those who make bad judgments and break laws. This chapter emphasizes how this is indeed the only cure for our racial and ethic divides, depends upon Christ, and involves the hard work of listening to things we’d rather not hear. Perhaps even more important than those who relocate are those who remain, and those who return. Gordon and Perkins share the narrative but also include in chapters enunciating the eight principles of Christian Community Development, the narratives of many other leaders in this movement around the country.Īs mentioned in the last sentence, the book also lays out the eight key components of Christian community development and what these leaders have learned about their practice. It is honest, celebrating both the growth of a work of God and human failings from poor planning to burnout to the deaths of key figures like Lem Tucker, who in conversation with Wayne Gordon in his kitchen, conceived the idea of CCDA.
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One is that it tells the story of Christian Community Development from its early beginnings. This book, self-described as a “handbook” actually does two things. Wayne Gordon, at Lawndale Community Church in Chicago, and John Perkins, at Voice of Calvary in Jackson, Mississippi, and later Harambee Ministries in Pasadena, were two of the key founders of the movement that became known as Christian Community Development and were founding members, along with other key early leaders like Glen Kehrein and Bob Lupton, of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). Summary: Two of the founders of the Christian Community Development Association recount the history of this movement, weaving a narrative of their own and others stories into a summary of the eight key principles that have defined this movement. Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development, Wayne Gordon & John M.