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Books We Like to Use
(alphabetical by author)

A Theology as Big as the City
Ray Bakke
NM Staff Training curriculum

The Urban Christian
Ray Bakke
Urban Ministry reading list

Disciplines for the Inner Life
Bob Benson Sr & Michael W Benson
NM Staff Training curriculum

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Eberhard Bethge

Wake Up America
Tony Campolo

My Utmost for His Highest
Oswald Chambers

Focused Lives
Dr J Robert Clinton

The Making of a Leader
Dr J Robert Clinton
NM Staff Training curriculum

The Ongoing Journey
Awakening Spiritual Life in At-Risk Youth
Dr Robert Coles, Dr David Elkind, Dr Lorraine Monroe, Rev Charles Shelton, Rev Buster Soaries, and others

Planting and Growing Urban Churches
Harvie M Conn
From Dream to Reality
Urban Ministry reading list

Urban Ministry
Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz

The Sacrament of the Present Moment
Jean-Pierre De Caussade (translated by Kitty Muggeridge)

Promises I Can Keep
Kathryn Edin, Phd. & Maria Kefalas

A Chance to Die
The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
Elizabeth Elliot

Divided by Faith
Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
Michael O Emerson, Christian Smith
Urban Ministry reading list

Devotional Classics
Richard J Foster and James Bryan Smith

Prayer
Finding the Heart's True Home
Richard J Foster

Streams of Living Water
Richard J Foster

Upon This Rock
Samuel G Freedman
The Miracles of a Black Church
Urban Ministry reading list

The Reflective Life
Ken Gire

Companion to the Poor
Viv Grigg
The scriptures regarding God's Heart for the Poor lived out
NM Staff Training curriculum
Urban Ministry reading list


Cry of the Urban Poor
Viv Grigg

A Testament of Devotion
Thomas R Kelly

Transforming Culture
A Challenge for Christian Missions
Sherwood G Lingenfelter
Urban Ministry reading list

The Ragamuffin Gospel
Brennan Manning

Addiction and Grace
Gerald G May, MD
A spiritual, theological, and practical book on dependency and recovery
Urban Ministry reading list

More Than A Carpenter
Josh McDowell

Cross the Line
George McKinney with William Kritlow
From the African-American Tradition
Urban Ministry reading list

The Heart of Racial Justice
Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson
NM Staff Training curriculum

Compassion
A Reflection on the Christian Life
Donald P. McNeill, Douglas A. Morrison, Henri J. Nouwen

A Hunger for Healing
J Keith Miller
The Twelve Steps as a Classic Model for Christian Spiritual Growth
Urban Ministry reading list

Walking with the Poor
Bryant L Myers
Principles and Practices of Transformational Development
Urban Ministry reading list

Compassion
Henri Nouwen

Gracias
Henri Nouwen

In the Name of Jesus
Henri Nouwen

The Tragedy of American Compassion
Marvin Olasky
Urban Ministry reading list

Beyond Charity
The Call to Christian Community Development
John Perkins
Urban Ministry reading list

With Justice For All
John Perkins
The Three R's:  Relocation, Reconciliation, Redistribution
Urban Ministry reading list

Good News to the Poor
Walter E Pilgrim
NM Staff Training curriculum

Restorers of Hope
Amy L Sherman
Urban Ministry reading list

Churches that Make a Difference
Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works
Ronald J Sider, Philip N Olson, Heidi Rolland Unruh
Urban Ministry reading list

Cry Justice
Ronald J Sider
NM Staff Training curriculum

Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
Ronald J Sider

A Pretty Good Person
What It Takes to Live with Courage, Gratitude, & Integrity
Lewis B Smedes
NM Staff Training curriculum

Connecting
The Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life
Paul D Stanley & J Robert Clinton
NM Staff Training curriculum

A Simple Path
Mother Teresa

Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman
Oppression, Racism, the Struggle of the Disenfranchised, and a Spiritual Response
NM Staff Training curriculum
Urban Ministry reading list

The Making of a Man of God
Alan Redpath

One Church Many Tribes
Richard Twiss
From the Native American Perspective
Urban Ministry reading list

Mission on the Way
Charles Van Engen
Issues in Mission Theology
Urban Ministry reading list

The Spirit of the Disciplines
Understanding How God Changes Lives
Dallas Willard

Church, Why Bother?
Philip Yancey

Soul Survivor
Philip Yancey

The Jesus I Never Knew
Philip Yancey

What's So Amazing About Grace
Philip Yancey