Resources Recommended by Leaders in High-Potential Metro Churches

If you are serving in an urban congregation and have a resource to add to this list, e-mail your recommendations to Deb Smith, Project Director, High-Potential Metro Church Initiative. In your e-mail describe briefly how the book was helpful to you.

By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race
by Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown. Plume, 2000.
For an article by these authors see the November/December issue of "Poverty and Race."

Deeply Woven Roots: Improving the Quality of Life in Your Community
by Gary Gunderson. Fortress, 2003.
For a summary of the books see the Emory Report, Feb. 1998.

Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development
by John M. Perkins. Baker, 1993.
For an example of how one congregation has appropriated the ideas in this book, see Fundamentals of Christian Community Development at the New City Fellowship website.

Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right
by John M. Perkins. Baker, 1996.
For a review of this book see the May-June 1996 issue of "Public Justice Report."

A Quiet Revolution: The Christian Response to Human Need, a Strategy for Today
by John M. Perkins. W. Publishing, 1977.

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire
by Jim Cymbala and Dean Merrill. Zondervan, 1997.

How to Make Black America Better: Leading African Americans Speak Out
by Tavis Smiley. Doubleday, 2001.
For a summary of this book see the January 17, 2002, issue of the North Carolina Central University on-line newspaper.

Redeeming the City
by Ronald Pasquariello. Pilgrim Press, 1982.

Good to Great:Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't
by Jim Collins. HarperCollins 2001.
For an article by the author of this book, see Fast Company, October 2001.

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. HarperBusiness 2002.

The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call
by Marva Dawn. Regent College Publishing, 2000.

Then Shall Your Light Rise: Spiritual Formation and Social Witness
by Joyce Hollyday. Upper Room 1997.

Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World
by Paul Ray and Sherry Anderson. Three Rivers, 2001.

The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
by Walter Wink. Galilee 1999.