It’s time to change the face of poverty, to live our faith authentically and to get involved with the people who need help. It’s time to sub-merge ourselves, to go deep— beneath the surface of shallow living—and make a difference in our world! Follow author John Hayes as he lives out his faith on some of the toughest streets and poorest ghettos in the world. Learn what real compassion looks like in the trenches. Discover why people of faith cannot ignore the poor and how the St. Francis model of compassion can help alleviate suffering today. You’ll also be energized to action through an inside look at the workings of InnerCHANGE, a mission organization that seeks to work among the poor, rather than just offering aid and handouts. Readers will come away with practical ways they can work for justice and find significance in the process.
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It’s time to change the face of poverty, to live our faith authentically and to get involved with the people who need help. It’s time to sub-merge ourselves, to go deep— beneath the surface of shallow living—and make a difference in our world! Follow author John Hayes as he lives out his faith on some of the toughest streets and poorest ghettos in the world. Learn what real compassion looks like in the trenches. Discover why people of faith cannot ignore the poor and how the St. Francis model of compassion can help alleviate suffering today. You’ll also be energized to action through an inside look at the workings of InnerCHANGE, a mission organization that seeks to work among the poor, rather than just offering aid and handouts. Readers will come away with practical ways they can work for justice and find significance in the process.
About the Author
JOHN B. HAYES has had a lifelong interest in the needs of the poor. He and his wife Deanna are general directors of InnerCHANGE, a mission order which works among the poor in five countries sharing the good news in words and works through personal relationships. In the summer of 1984, he relocated his family to the poorest, most overcrowded street in Orange County at the time. He was determined to launch a holistic ministry that establishes its personnel in the inner city to minister inside-out. The Hayes and their two daughters, Savannah and Alexandra, later moved to the inner city of San Francisco and will soon relocate to one of the poorest neighborhoods in London, England. John graduated from Princeton and received his Masters in International Relations from Yale.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
John Hayes would be enough of a writer to have done this alone. But, true to his philosophy of ministry, he's collaborated at a community level to make Sub-merge a book that reads more like the book of Acts than an Epistle. Watch John and the InnerCHANGE community dive deep into ministry among the poor. More importantly, watch them articulate and live by a way of being community that goes beyond mission towards a new way of living as the people of God. Read this . . . and then buy it for a friend.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
How an Ivy-Leaguer quit the rat-race to become a good Samaritan, accidentally started a missionary order-And what to do about it
January 19, 2007
Format:Paperback
When someone decides to take Jesus at his word and love the poor, what does it look like? John Hayes journeys from being a Rich Young Ruler as a successful businessman in Japan to becoming a neighbor in the inner city of Santa Anna. The Order, InnerCHANGE, that has grown from John's work, is an expression of what it means to love the poor as next door neighbors, not as short term volunteers. It's great to read from the experience of someone who's done it for more than 20 years, rather than from people who think about what it could look like.
This book lays out the history of this order, and the perspectives that it's important to know poor people as friends, and not just know about the poor. Those people looking to serve incarnationally among the poor should read this book. (Their parents might want to read it too!)
SELLING POINTS: it includes stories of people who live it out, it doesn't have all the answers (but includes many of the right questions), the photos capture the dignity of the poor, and it feels personal.
This book lays out the history of this order, and the perspectives that it's important to know poor people as friends, and not just know about the poor. Those people looking to serve incarnationally among the poor should read this book. (Their parents might want to read it too!)
SELLING POINTS: it includes stories of people who live it out, it doesn't have all the answers (but includes many of the right questions), the photos capture the dignity of the poor, and it feels personal.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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John is not just a man of the library, a Harvard grad a history buff theorizing about scripture and poverty. He is not a just a man of action, going to the streets, walking with the poor, and sharing their lives. And he is not just a wordsmith who crafts every sentence. Being all of these, John has brought us a delightfully readable book that looks at the Bible, history, and personal experience, and out of them shows us where we are going, or where we could go, as we walk with God among the poor.
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Practical and sustainable approaches to Christ-focused community...
Ashley Barker and John Hayes, Sub-Merge: Living Deep in a Shallow World (Melbourne: GO Alliance, 2002). Read more
Published on March 31, 2010 by Darren Cronshaw
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I agree with one of the other reviews about the format being annoying. I thought the last few chapters were the best because it talked about how Americans are so materialistic and... Read more
Published on October 25, 2009 by Zoe
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This book is about InnerChange which is an organization that John Hayes began where Christians live in poor communities in order to minister more effectively. Read more
Published on October 24, 2009 by A. Berg
Real information providing real answers
Social justice has become the deafening cry of the emergent Christians of today. Unfortunately, among this cry there have been few resources to encourage a broader understanding... Read more
Published on December 29, 2008 by Benjamin
Inspiring - A call for action from the church
This book has been very inspiring and influential in my life. It's challenged me to take seriously the commands and teachings of scripture regarding the poor. Read more
Published on November 21, 2007 by Brantly C. Millegan
Stories from the community of faith
We live in a culture of superstars, heroes, and saints - that one charismatic person that "changed everything". Read more
Published on September 28, 2007 by S. Scharf
A Must Read
This is not just a book for someone considering urban ministry, or ministry to the poor. It is a book for any and every Christian. Read more
Published on September 17, 2007 by Douglas Humphreys
challenging and encouraging
This book will rock your views on the poor and ministry to and among them. Do not take lightly! Be prepared to change your heart.... Read more
Published on July 27, 2007 by Faith Chastain
"Submerge:" a chance to look at yourself
Everyone who writes a check to a charity needs to read this. Everyone who lives an insulated middle class life needs to read this. Read more
Published on May 7, 2007 by major tom
A Challenging Call to Incarnational Ministry
"Sub-Merge" is one of the most readable -- and yet theologically rich -- books that I've read in recent years. Read more
Published on April 27, 2007 by Liv
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incarnational ministry, mission entities, mission workers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Minnie Street, Los Angeles, Phnom Penh, San Francisco, Preah Kit Meleah, Mother Teresa, South Central, Long Beach, Body of Christ, House of Hope, San Dimas, Valencia Gardens, Father Damien, Kampong Cham, New Testament, Pastor Kakedaa, United States, Don Affonso, Golden Gate Park, Good Samaritan, Khmer Rouge, Paul Smith, Roman Empire, Santa Ana, Chum Yean New!
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incarnational ministry, mission entities, mission workers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Minnie Street, Los Angeles, Phnom Penh, San Francisco, Preah Kit Meleah, Mother Teresa, South Central, Long Beach, Body of Christ, House of Hope, San Dimas, Valencia Gardens, Father Damien, Kampong Cham, New Testament, Pastor Kakedaa, United States, Don Affonso, Golden Gate Park, Good Samaritan, Khmer Rouge, Paul Smith, Roman Empire, Santa Ana, Chum Yean New!
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- Out of Chaos: Refounding Religious Congregations by Gerald A. Arbuckle on page 229, and Back Matter
- The Poor in the Middle Ages: An Essay in Social History by Michel Mollat in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality by Belden C. Lane on page 248, and Back Matter
- Middle East (Pt. 19) in Back Matter
- Red Moon Rising by Pete Greig in Front Matter
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