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Church Engagement in Neighborhood Revitalization: Mobilizing and Sustaining Disciples in Ministry to Marginalized Neighbors.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Church Engagement in Neighborhood Revitalization: Mobilizing and Sustaining Disciples in Ministry to Marginalized Neighbors./
Author:	Maxheimer, Austin.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	232 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-12.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-12.
Subject:	Religion. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27964602
ISBN:	9798645443528

Church Engagement in Neighborhood Revitalization: Mobilizing and Sustaining Disciples in Ministry to Marginalized Neighbors.
Maxheimer, Austin.

Church Engagement in Neighborhood Revitalization: Mobilizing and Sustaining Disciples in Ministry to Marginalized Neighbors. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 232 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-12.

Thesis (D.Min.)--Asbury Theological Seminary, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The purpose of this project was to discover what motivates and sustains church engagement in neighborhood revitalization. A growing awareness in popular church literature demonstrates that outreach ministries practiced by local churches have not only been ineffective in bringing about wholistic restoration of marginalized neighbors but have contributed to cycles of dependency leading to generational poverty. While engaging in neighborhoods through an assets-based approach to community development has begun to gain traction by a sub-set of thought leaders as a corrective response for churches, research which explores what moves disciples of Jesus and churches into neighborhood work is largely missing from the field of study. The research was completed in the applied ministry context of the Evansville, IN. Fifteen disciples of Jesus active in neighborhood revitalization efforts were interviewed to discover what motivates and sustains their engagement. Eight pastors who are currently not engaging in neighborhoods participated in a focus group. Finally, four congregations with a total of 160 congregants participated in a survey aimed at discovering correlations and interrelatedness of the respondents' stated beliefs, view of the role of the church, and frequency of various expressions of faith in action. The neighborhood revitalization practitioners and church pastors also completed the survey to create comparative samples. It was the intent of the research to discover Biblical understandings/themes and real-life experiences that can help mobilize local churches into wholistic ministry to marginalized neighbors in under-resourced neighborhoods and identify potential barriers that keep churches and disciples from engaging. Collectively, these findings can help inform the practice of ministry through creating experiential learning opportunities among marginalized neighbors, leveraging the local church for transformative missional impact, and helping local congregations rediscover the calling of the church to restore the least of these living in urban centers. Neighborhood revitalization is not merely a vehicle for missional engagement but a participatory ministry of Jesus that can help shape disciples into the likeness of Christ.

ISBN: 9798645443528Subjects--Topical Terms:

516493
Religion.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Assets-based community development

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