Books
Books are available for purchase from Christian Bookshops and online from Amazon.co.uk
Title: In His Image - Understanding and embracing the poor
Author: Andy Matheson
You’ve heard the overwhelming statistics. You’ve probably felt compassion, guilt, powerlessness, hopelessness. You might have given money, food, clothes, or even some of your time to help a few of the billions of people living in destitution in our world. But have you actually engaged with someone, another human being created in the image of God, who is dying in the arms of poverty?
Andy Matheson, Oasis International Director, argues that we can only begin to understand poverty, its effects, and possible solutions when we focus on the truth that all people are made in God’s image. God calls us to meet with the poor not primarily to offer services or to develop programs, but to develop relationships and to show God’s love.
Published by Authentic Lifestyle
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Title: Different Eyes
Author: Steve Chalke and Alan Mann
How should those who follow Jesus live distinctively in a time of uncertainty? How should the church respond to the moral dilemmas of our everyday lives?
In Different Eyes, Steve Chalke and Alan Mann examine the underlying motivation for Christian morality and provide an insightful guide to navigating the most challenging ethical dilemmas of our modern world in a way that is faithful to the story of God's work in Jesus.
Published by Zondervan
Title: Apprentice: Walking the way of Christ
Author: Steve Chalke and Joanna Wyld
Where is the path you're on leading?
Ancient rabbis taught on the move. So life, for every rabbi's students or apprentices, was literally a journey of learning. With a rabbi, the whole of life became a risk taking, active experience.
A rabbi's apprentice had one simple goal: to imitate him. Apprentices trusted their rabbi completely, working passionately to incorporate his actions and attitudes, as well as his words, into their lives. An apprentice's deepest desire was to follow their rabbi so closely that they would start to think and respond, to life just like him.
In a book filled with honesty, heart and creativity, Steve Chalke explores what it means to be a 21st century apprentice of the master rabbi, Jesus.
Published by Zondervan
Title: Change Agents - 25 Hard-Learned Lessons in the Art of Getting Things Done
Author: Steve Chalke
Change Agents Book Cover When Steve Chalke was asked to be the senior minister of a struggling inner-city church, he knew what he wanted – to make it into the Christian equivalent of a first-century synagogue. A place where the community gathered, not just to pray and hear sermons, but to be educated, entertained, and find help.
Making that all happen was the harder part. In Change Agents, Steve Chalke shares 25 lessons he learned along the way. Employing wry humour, personal examples and a large helping of practical advice, he reminds us our enterprise, not our caution, with the Word of God is what’s rewarded. Christ waits and watches for us to take risks and create change in the church, the community and the world at large.
Published by Zondervan
Title: Kingdom Come - Rediscovering the Role of the Local Church
Author: Malcolm Duncan
Local neighbourhoods across the world are affected by global changes as never before. People are rootless and insecure, while shifting work, family patterns and widespread scepticism about national leaders have left previously coherent areas anxious, fragmented and suspicious. All too often this fragmentation contributes to violence, racial tension, alienated youth and a resentful underclass. But there is a way forward.
If the Church can understand what is truly happening, it can be a catalyst for social and spiritual change. Malcolm Duncan outlines a ‘Kingdom approach’ which can affect every area of the local church’s engagement with their community, from housing to healthcare, from citizenship to crime prevention, from individual spiritual renewal to whole community transformation. With practical implications and exploration of opportunities for action, this is a sweeping manifesto for social transformation.
Published by Lion Hudson
Title: Distinctly Welcoming - Christian Presence in a Multifaith Society
Author: Richard Sudworth
Richard Sudworth provides a practical guide to the core issues and challenges facing churches as they engage with those of other faiths.
The resource does not seek to cover all the issues in-depth but provides a broad sweeping touch on key issues, so that Christians can gain confidence and be guided towards practical, relational engagement informed by a distinctly Christian ethos.
With activities
Published by Scripture Union Publishingand resources for those wanting to explore further, and examples of good practice, Distinctly Welcoming is earthed in real life, accessible in style, Biblically rooted and professionally credible.
Title: Building A Better World: Faith at work for change in society
Author: Malcolm Duncan
In Building a Better World, Malcolm Duncan invites anyone who longs for a fairer world to consider whether their commitment to justice could be strengthened by Christian spirituality.
Published by Continuum
"Malcolm Duncan pleads with the Church to recognise that we cannot change the world on our own. And he challenges those who have dismissed the teaching of Christ as irrelevant or obsolete to stop and take the time to think again" Steve Chalke, Founder of Faithworks
Title: Intelligent Church: A Journey Towards Christ-Centred Community
Author: Steve Chalke and Anthony Watkis
Steve Chalke explores how we can be church in the 21st century, on a journey toward a community that is inclusive, messy, honest, purposeful, generous, vulnerable, sustainable and diverse.
The book outlines a church whose mission and outlook is fully rooted in its understanding of a loving, welcoming God. A church that is inclusive, welcoming all people. A church that is purposeful, marked by a mission to equip its members in their frontline work. A church that is generous and sustainable.
Published by Zondervan
Intelligent Church DVD:
A six-part course for small groups unpacking the themes of Intelligent Church led by Rev Malcolm Duncan
It features renowned speakers such as Steve Chalke, Tony Campolo and Jim Wallis along with suggested questions and bible passages for discussion. The DVD is available to buy for £12.
Title: Poor Relations: An Exploration of Poverty, Faith and Action
Authors: Various Contributors
Poor Relations is a collection of three essays by Rev Malcolm Duncan, Bob Holman and Joy Madeiros, published by Faithworks. The essays explore the theme of poverty from a number of angles.
Purchase your copy of Poor Relations for £2.50
Title: Trust: A Radical Manifesto
Author: Steve Chalke
There are countless commentaries on the reasons for the erosion of trust in society today. The government, media, royal family, Church, police, law lords - all have tumbled from their pedestals. But, rather than catalogue the reasons for this failure, Trust: A Radical Manifesto, by Steve Chalke and Anthony Watkis, provides readers with a manual for building trust.
Published by Authentic Media
Title: The Lost Message of Jesus
Author: Steve Chalke and Alan Mann
Who is the real Jesus? Why is the Jesus that Christians present as 'good news' so often viewed by the public as 'bad news'? The Lost Message of Jesus reveals a Jesus who is deeply challenging but good news for everyone.
Chalke and Mann transport the reader into the context of first-century Palestine, revealing how Jesus changed the norms of his time through his radical, life-altering message. “Rooted in good scholarship, but its clear, punchy style makes it accessible to anyone and everyone.”
The Rt Revd N T Wright, the Bishop of Durham
Published by Zondervan
Title: Prayerworks: The Manual
Love God and love your neighbour. How can we keep these two commandments together? How can we prevent ourselves from becoming closet prayers or burned-out activists?
Prayerworks is a 'how-to' guide for local churches who share the vision of developing a depth in prayer which leads to further community engagement. It's filled with ideas to resource you through an entire week of non-stop, night and day creative prayer or any prayer event appropriate to you. It also includes a 7-step guide to launching a community initiative following your week of prayer.
Published by Authentic Media, April 2005 priced £3.99. To order call 0845 070 3571.
Title: 100 Proven Ways to Transform Your Community
Authors: Steve Chalke with Anthony Watkis
Containing 100 inspiring examples of community involvement, and road-tested by local churches around the UK, this book is described by Soul Survivor leader Mike Pilavachi as "an indispensable tool for all who want to take the great commission seriously!"
Published by Kingsway, September 2003 priced £5.99. To order call 0845 070 3571.
Title: Faithworks 3: Unpacked - a practical manual
Author: Steve Chalke
Information for local churches to get more effectively involved in their local community and to work with local government and other agencies.
Published by Kingsway
Title: Faithworks 2: Stories of Hope
Author: Steve Chalke and Tom Jackson
The book tells the stories of eight churches from different denominations across the UK who are effectively tackling a wide range of social issues by putting Faithworks principles into practice.
From debt advice to counselling for domestic violence, from after-school projects to sports clubs, from education to youth work, and from arts initiatives to vocational training – each chapter tells an inspiring story of a local church or individual that has responded to a God-given sense of purpose and direction.
Published by Kingsway
Title: Faithworks: Intimacy and Involvement
Author: Steve Chalke with Simon Johnston
A challenge to Churches and Christians to do more to break down the sacred and secular divide by adopting a faith where intimacy with God and involvement with the community are seen as inseparable.
The book articulates the theology behind the Faithworks movement in a challenging and provocative way. It calls for the Church to avoid the Christian ‘ghetto’ and step into the role of community provider through an involvement that holds on to personal faith as the engine for its work.
Published by Kingsway
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Books are available for purchase from Christian Bookshops and online from Amazon.co.uk
