Making Housing Happen: Faith-Based Affordable Housing Models
churches are effectively addressing the housing crisis from Washington State to New York City-where an alliance of sixty churches has built five thousand homes for low-income homeowners, with virtually no government funding or foreclosures. This book not only presents solid theological thinking about housing, but also offers workable solutions to the current crisis: true stories by those who have made housing happen.
Editor - Jill Shook (2013)
Churches are effectively addressing the housing crisis from Washington State to New York City-where an alliance of sixty churches has built five thousand homes for low-income homeowners, with virtually no government funding or foreclosures. This book not only presents solid theological thinking about housing, but also offers workable solutions to the current crisis: true stories by those who have made housing happen.
Editor - Jill Shook (2021)
THE EMBRACE OF BUILDINGS: A Second Look At Walkable City Neighborhoods
In a culture long enamored of the suburban ideal, Hardy invites his readers to reconsider the many advantages of living and working in walkable city neighborhoods—compact neighborhoods characterized by a fine network of pedestrian-friendly streets, mixed land uses, mixed housing types, and a full range of transit options. In addition, he investigates the role religion has played in defining American attitudes towards the city, and the difference church location makes in Christian ministry and mission.
Author - Lee Hardy (2017)
In a culture long enamored of the suburban ideal, Hardy invites his readers to reconsider the many advantages of living and working in walkable city neighborhoods—compact neighborhoods characterized by a fine network of pedestrian-friendly streets, mixed land uses, mixed housing types, and a full range of transit options. In addition, he investigates the role religion has played in defining American attitudes towards the city, and the difference church location makes in Christian ministry and mission.
Author - Lee Hardy (2017)
The Space Between: A Christian Engagement with the Built Environment
"Jacobsen sets himself two goals: to get us to attend to urban space--the space between the buildings in a city or village--and to explain why Christians in particular should care about the quality of urban space. He succeeds admirably on both counts. A fine contribution to an extremely important topic."--Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University and University of Virginia
Author - Eric O. Jacobsen (2012)
"Jacobsen sets himself two goals: to get us to attend to urban space--the space between the buildings in a city or village--and to explain why Christians in particular should care about the quality of urban space. He succeeds admirably on both counts. A fine contribution to an extremely important topic."--Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University and University of Virginia
Author - Eric O. Jacobsen (2012)
Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith
Christians often talk about claiming our cities for Christ and the need to address urban concerns. But according to Eric Jacobsen, this discussion has remained far too abstract. Sidewalks in the Kingdom challenges Christians to gain an informed vision for the physical layout and structure of the city.
Jacobsen emphasizes the need to preserve the nourishing characteristics of traditional city life, including shared public spaces, thriving neighborhoods, and a well-supported local economy. He explains how urban settings create unexpected and natural opportunities to initiate friendship and share faith in Christ.
Author - Eric O. Jacobsen (2003)
Christians often talk about claiming our cities for Christ and the need to address urban concerns. But according to Eric Jacobsen, this discussion has remained far too abstract. Sidewalks in the Kingdom challenges Christians to gain an informed vision for the physical layout and structure of the city.
Jacobsen emphasizes the need to preserve the nourishing characteristics of traditional city life, including shared public spaces, thriving neighborhoods, and a well-supported local economy. He explains how urban settings create unexpected and natural opportunities to initiate friendship and share faith in Christ.
Author - Eric O. Jacobsen (2003)
We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry
This book is an invitation to envision a different way of putting God’s gifts to work in the world. It draws upon a remarkable story of rebirth at a Presbyterian affiliated campus ministry center at the University of Wisconsin, along with profiles of other creative social enterprises, to describe how church property and investment assets can be put to work for innovation, transformation, and financial sustainability. Theologically rooted but practically minded, it provides guidance and tools for church and nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors of all kinds who are seeking new ways to fund and participate in God’s work in the world.
Author - Mark Elsdon (2021)
This book is an invitation to envision a different way of putting God’s gifts to work in the world. It draws upon a remarkable story of rebirth at a Presbyterian affiliated campus ministry center at the University of Wisconsin, along with profiles of other creative social enterprises, to describe how church property and investment assets can be put to work for innovation, transformation, and financial sustainability. Theologically rooted but practically minded, it provides guidance and tools for church and nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors of all kinds who are seeking new ways to fund and participate in God’s work in the world.
Author - Mark Elsdon (2021)
Retired, Rehabbed, Reborn: The Adaptive Reuse of America’s Derelict Religious Buildings and Schools
“Retired, Rehabbed, Reborn features ten in-depth case studies of adaptive reuse outcomes for religious buildings and public schools that have achieved varying degrees of success. Several case vignettes appear within various chapters to illustrate specific points. The book is a useful tool for architects, planners, developers, and others interested in reusing these important structures.
Authors - Robert A. Simons, Gary DeWine and Larry Ledebur (2017)
Retired, Rehabbed, Reborn features ten in-depth case studies of adaptive reuse outcomes for religious buildings and public schools that have achieved varying degrees of success. Several case vignettes appear within various chapters to illustrate specific points. The book is a useful tool for architects, planners, developers, and others interested in reusing these important structures.
Authors - Robert A. Simons, Gary DeWine and Larry Ledebur (2017)
Remove the Pews: Spiritual Possibilities for Sacred Spaces
“A church is both building and people, bricks and mortals. First came the attendance decline among mortals; a bricks crisis followed. Now church buildings are an endangered species. . . . This book is about that move out of denial into response. Evolutionary thinkers call such moves “adaptive.” I call them creative evolutions, adapting as we go. I call them learning to live to pray another way, another day.“
Author - Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper (2021).
“A church is both building and people, bricks and mortals. First came the attendance decline among mortals; a bricks crisis followed. Now church buildings are an endangered species. . . . This book is about that move out of denial into response. Evolutionary thinkers call such moves “adaptive.” I call them creative evolutions, adapting as we go. I call them learning to live to pray another way, another day.“
Author - Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper (2021)
Historic Houses of Worship in Peril: Conserving their Place in American Life
“In a world that is racing to knock down the old and quickly build the new, this book is a much-needed pause. - Matt Molfsky, Lead Pastor, The Gathering.”
“Thomas Frank lays out the case for how historic houses of worship serve as community anchors, symbols of neighborhood character, places of personal and collective memory, and sites of cultural identity. - Paul W. Edmondson, President and CEO, National Trust for Historic Preservation.”
Author - Thomas Frank (2020)
“In a world that is racing to knock down the old and quickly build the new, this book is a much-needed pause. - Matt Molfsky, Lead Pastor, The Gathering.”
“Thomas Frank lays out the case for how historic houses of worship serve as community anchors, symbols of neighborhood character, places of personal and collective memory, and sites of cultural identity. - Paul W. Edmondson, President and CEO, National Trust for Historic Preservation.”
Author - Thomas Frank (2020)
Jesus on Main Street
God loves just economies, but sadly the invisible hand of the market has chiseled huge cracks in our communities. Fortunately, Jesus announced freedom for the poor and oppressed, and by taking on his mantle we have a role to play in helping establish just economies here and now! Jesus on Main Street provides church leaders and church planters with a broad overview of Community Economic Development (CED), with practical steps to lead your church in following Jesus into those cracks.
Author - David Kresta (2021)
God loves just economies, but sadly the invisible hand of the market has chiseled huge cracks in our communities. Fortunately, Jesus announced freedom for the poor and oppressed, and by taking on his mantle we have a role to play in helping establish just economies here and now! Jesus on Main Street provides church leaders and church planters with a broad overview of Community Economic Development (CED), with practical steps to lead your church in following Jesus into those cracks.
Author - David Kresta (2021)