Kingdom Causes

              ::resources: books/websites::                

"Seek the peace (shalom) of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." Jeremiah 29:7 (TNIV)

 If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb

Books/Articles:

(prayer)

  • Brother Lawrence and Frank Laubach. Practicing the Presence of God.
  • Hawthorne, Steve and Graham Kendrick. Prayer Walking, Praying On-Sight with Insight.
  • Heidish, Marcy. Soul and the City: Finding God in the Noise and Frenzy of Life.
  • Otis, George. Informed Intercession.
  • Pier, Mac & Sweeting, Kathy. The Power of a City at Prayer.
  • White, Tom. City-Wide Prayer Movements.

(community development)

  • Corbet, Nathan. Taking it to the Streets.
  • Corbett, Steve and Brian Fikkert. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself.

  • Gornik, Mark R. To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City.

  • Kretzmann, John P. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing Assets. 
  • Lupton, Bob. Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: And You Call Yourself a Christian? and Theirs is the Kingdom (Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America). 
  • Perkins, John. Let Justice Roll Down, With Justice For All (A Strategy for Community Development), Compassion, Justice & the Christian Life, Restoring At-Risk Communities and Beyond Charity (The Call to Christian Community Development).
  • White, Randy. Encounter God in the City: Onramps to Personal and Community Transformation and Journey to the Center of the City.
(city reaching)
  • Bakke, Ray. A Biblical Word for an Urban World and A Theology as Big as the City.

  • Block, Peter. Community: The Structure of Belonging.

  • Buckingham, Marcus and Donald O. Clifton. Now, Discover Your Strengths.
  • Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People.
  • Cope, Landa. The Old Testament Template: Rediscovering God's Principles for Discipling All Nations.
  • Covey, Stephen. The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything.
  • Frangipane, Frances. When the Many are One.
  • Hunter, George G. The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again.
  • Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity.
  • Lithicum, Robert. Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in Your Community.
  • Maggay, Melba. Transforming Society.
  • Padilla, Rene and Testsunao Yamamori (Editors). The Local Church, Agent of Transformation: An Ecclessiology for Integral Mission.
  • Ruibal, Ruth. Unity in the Spirit.
  • Shelley, Dr. Bruce L. Church History in Plain Language.
  • Swanson, Eric. Ten Paradigm Shifts Toward Community Transformation
  • Van Engen, Charles, Dean Gilliland and Shawn Redford. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible.
  • Vanier, Jean. Community and Growth.
  • Wright, Christopher J.H. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative.

 

Websites:

  • 24/7 Prayer for Communities
  • Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) mission is to inspire, train and connect Christians who seek to bear witness to the Kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities.
  • City Reaching/Mission America Coalition
  • Citywide Prayer Kansas City
  • Communities First Association is a network of professional Christian colleagues with a common heart and role. Using Asset Based Community Development methods, the Communities First Association transforms a growing number of communities and engages Christians and Churches in their community change story.
  • International House of Prayer (24/7 prayer rooms)
  • InterVarsity's Fresno Institute for Urban Leadership provides training in urban ministry and Christian Community Development to the multi-ethnic body of Christ in Fresno and beyond. They live incarnationally through out Fresno and outlying areas loving God and their neighbors with college students, churches, non-profits, government agencies and neighbors. Their vision is to see a city full of partnerships that fosters the physical, spiritual, economic and social transformation of the poorest urban neighborhoods and a renewal of faith for the Church.
  • Prayer Command Post is made up of people who love God and love to serve Him in various ministries that bring glory to His Name and also bearing fruit in personal, corporate and land transformation.
  • Waymakers (Seek God for the City Prayer Guides) helps people pray in the simple power of Biblical hope for people throughout their communities, and even for peoples in distant places.