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Church in Hard Places

How the Local Church Brings Life to the Poor and Needy

Mez McConnell and Mike McKinley

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Church in Hard Places

How the Local Church Brings Life to the Poor and Needy

Mez McConnell and Mike McKinley

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It is impossible to alleviate poverty—in its fullest sense—apart from the local church.

In recent years, Christians have shown an increased commitment to helping the poor. But this renewed interest in poverty alleviation is doomed to fail if it is not rooted in the local church—God’s established means of drawing downtrodden people into a transformative relationship with himself. Emphasizing the priority of the gospel, Mez McConnell and Mike McKinley, both pastors with fruitful ministries among the poor, offer biblical guidelines and practical strategies for planting, revitalizing, and growing faithful churches in hard places—in our own communities and around the world.

  • Title

    Church in Hard Places

  • Author(s)

    Mez McConnell and Mike McKinley

  • ISBN

    9781433549045

  • Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Crossway

  • Topic

    Church, Life's Challenges

  • Audience

    Adults, Church Leaders

  • Pages

    208

  • Published

    01/01/2016

Mez McConnell

Mez McConnell

Mez McConnell is one of the pastors of Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the founder of 20schemes and has been involved in full-time pastoral ministry, both church planting and revitalisation since 1999. He has worked in inner city areas in England, Scotland and Brazil and has a passion for training men and women for ministry in this context. He has written 2 books: Preparing for Baptism: A Personal Diary (Grace Publications Trust), and Is There Anybody Out There? (Christian Focus). Mez studied Missiology at Moorland Bible College, England and Pastoral Theology at Bryntirion Bible College, Wales. He has been married to Miriam for 15 years and has two lovely daughters, Keziah & Lydia.

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Mike McKinley

Mike McKinley is the author of Passion, Did the devil make me do it?, and Church Planting is for Wimps. Since 2005 he has been pastor of Sterling Park Baptist Church in Sterling, Virginia. Before that, he served on the pastoral staff of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington DC, having received his MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary. Mike is married to Karen, and they have five children.

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I found this book helpful. Some very good insights into how people today view God. I liked the section on how different people have different personalities and gifts and individually may struggle to witness but together pooling gifts can be very effective

Colin Johnson

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