Journey to the Center of the City: Making A Difference in an Urban Neighborhood [Paperback]

Randy White (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 1996

When you get involved with city ministry, you're in for some adventures--and you see God at work! Randy and Tina White, with their two young sons, left suburbia to join believers living in a disadvantaged area of Fresno, California. Through their family's story you will learn more about God's heart for the city, meet some of the people who live there, and discover ways you might make a difference too. Discussion questions, twelve Bible studies on God and the city, and a list of "21 Things You Can Do to Love the City" will help you dig even further into the topic. And they make Journey to the Center of the City an ideal book for small group discussion and action!

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About the Author

Randy White directs Bakke Graduate University's international Doctor of Ministry Degree focusing on transformational leadership for the global city. He is the founder of the Fresno Institute for Urban Leadership and was InterVarsity's national coordinator for urban projects for more than a decade, overseeing projects in 30 American cities. Randy and his family live in Fresno, CA, the city with the highest level of concentrated poverty of any large city in the U.S.. For the last 16 of those years, they have lived in Fresno's highest crime, highest poverty neighborhood, once called the Devil's Triangle, pursuing God's shalom kingdom there through relational, urban ministry and community development activities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: IVP Books (November 14, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 083081129X
• ISBN-13: 978-0830811298
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary example of how a family loves its neighbors, January 1, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Journey to the Center of the City: Making A Difference in an Urban Neighborhood (Paperback)

This young man and his family live the life of love the rest of us only read about. The book sings with humor and creative narrative. It wrenches our hearts, then sends our hopes for these neighbors soaring. Perhaps because of this book there will be other Randys and Tinas and Josephs and Jamesons who are willing to journey to the center of the city and love their neighbors.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Facinating story by a witty and caring author., January 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Journey to the Center of the City: Making A Difference in an Urban Neighborhood (Paperback)

The book is too short! You want to read more about this family's discovery of how to make a difference in the inner city. Makes you wonder if you could do what they are doing .