Make Poverty Personal: Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does Paperback - 2009
by Ash Barker; Foreword by Shane Claiborne
From the rear cover
God is concerned about poverty. Are you?
In a world of plenty, poverty abounds. But poverty is not new. And neither is God's deep concern for the poor; it is a theme deeply woven throughout the pages of Scripture. Yet, sadly, churches and individual Christians have too often been blind to this biblical emphasis, or they have been paralyzed into inaction by feelings of helplessness. It's time for this to change.
In this urgent, provocative book, Ash Barker offers both challenge and hope. Working his way through both testaments, Barker reflects on significant passages related to God's concern for the poor. These studies are interlaced with personal reflections--firsthand accounts from fifteen years of ministry among the poor. Whether you read this book alone or with your small group, you'll be challenged to make poverty personal.
"Ash Barker and the UNOH revolution invite us to hear, smell, and touch Jesus in his most distressing disguises, in the slums, with the poor, in the most abandoned places of empire in which we find ourselves."--Shane Claiborne, The Simple Way, Philadelphia
"A harrowing, deeply personal manifesto on our responsibility to the poor. Humane, grace-filled, and literally reverberating with prophetic vigor, Make Poverty Personal deserves to be read by a wide and grateful audience."--Alan Hirsch, author of The Forgotten Ways
"An invitation to unlearn so much of conventional church faith and to learn afresh about God's good news for the world. There is a clarity that will let many readers come to grips, perhaps for the first time, with the revolutionary, subversive intention of the Bible."--Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary
Ash Barker has served the poor for nearly twenty years. He is the founding director of Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH), a missionary order founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1993 to work among the poor. Since 2002, Ash and his family have been involved with planting UNOH's first overseas community in Klong Toey, the largest slum in Bangkok, Thailand.
Details
- Title Make Poverty Personal: Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does
- Author Ash Barker; Foreword by Shane Claiborne
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 210
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A
- Date 2009-02-01
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780801071898 / 0801071895
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Church work with the poor, Poverty - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008031186
- Dewey Decimal Code 261.832
Media reviews
Citations
- CBA Retailers, 02/01/2009, Page 35
- Christian Retailing, 02/09/2009, Page 11
- Publishers Weekly, 12/15/2008, Page 50
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