Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works

by Ronald J. Sider

For helpful guidance on launching new ministry projects, see Carl S. Dudley, Basic Steps toward Community Ministry: Guidelines and Models in Action (Washington, D.C.: Alban Institute, 1991); Carl S. Dudley, ed., Next Steps in Community Ministry (Bethesda, Md.: Alban Institute, 1996); Mark R. Gornik and Noel Castellanos, “How to Start a Christian Community Development Ministry,” in Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right, ed. John Perkins (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995); Emily Demuth Ishida and Y. Franklin Ishida, To Serve as Jesus Served: A Guide to Social Ministry for Congregations (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1994); Phil Olson, “Unless the Lord Builds the House: How to Lead a Congregation into Holistic Ministry,” PRISM 8, no. 1 (January–February 2001): 12–13; Oliver Phillips, The 12-Step Program: Steps to Starting a Compassionate Ministry Center (Kansas City, Mo.: Nazarene Compassionate Ministry USA/Canada, 2001); Amy L. Sherman, Restorers of Hope (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 1997); and Phil and Tom and Sally Johnson, Handbook for Urban Church Ministries (Chicago: Metro Mission, 1996).