Urban Ministries/Churches Resources

Bakke, Raymond J. A Theology as Big as the City. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997 (221 pp.).

_______________. The Urban Christian: Effective Ministry in Today's Urban World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1987 (202 pp.).

______________, and Samuel K. Roberts. The Expanded Mission of "Old First" Churches. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1986 (125 pp.).

Barrett, David B. World Class Cities and World Evangelization. Birmingham, Ala.: New Hope, 1986.

Carney, Glandion. Creative Urban Youth Ministry: A Resource for Youth Workers. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Co., 1990 (159 pp.).

Christensen, Michael J. City Streets, City People: A Call for Compassion. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988.

Claerbaut, David. Urban Ministry. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1983 (230 pp.).

Conn, Harvie M. A Clarified Vision for Urban Mission: Dispelling the Urban Stereotypes. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1987.

Conn, Harvie M., ed. Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1997 (271 pp.).

Dawson, John. Taking Our Cities for God: How to Break Spiritual Strongholds. Lake Mary, Fla.: Creation House, 1989.

Driggers, B. Carlisle, comp. Models of Metropolitan Ministry. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1979 (196 pp.).

DuBose, Francis M. How Churches Grow in an Urban World. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978 (181 pp.).

Ellison, Craig W., ed. The Urban Mission. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1974 (228 pp.).

Elliston, Edgar J., and J. Timothy Kauffman. Developing Leaders for Urban Ministries. New York: P. Lang, 1993.

Frencheck, David, and Sharrel Keyes. Metro-Ministry: Ways and Means for the Urban Church. Elgin: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1979 (218 pp.).

Greenway, Roger S. Apostles to the City: Biblical Strategies for Urban Mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1978.

Greenway, Roger S., ed. Discipling the City: A Comprehensive Approach to Urban Mission. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1992 (302 pp.).

Greenway, Roger S., and Timothy M. Monsma. Cities: Missions' New Frontier. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2000.

Jones, Erra Earl, and Robert L. Wilson. What's Ahead for Old First Church? New York: Harper & Row, 1974.

Larson, Peter.  "Four Marks of a Deeper Church." BuildingChurchLeaders.com

Linthicum, Robert C. City of God, City of Satan: A Biblical Theology for the Urban Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1991.

Pannell, William E. Evangelism from the Bottom Up. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992 (128 pp.).

Roehlkepartain, Eugene C. Youth Ministry in City Churches. Loveland, Col.: Group Books, 1989 (251 pp.).

Rogers, Donald B., ed. Urban Christian Education. Birmingham: Religious Education Press, 1989 (213 pp.).

Rose, Larry L., and C. Kirk Hadaway, eds. An Urban World: Churches Face the Future. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1984 (215 pp.).

Schaller, Lyle E., ed. Center City Churches: The New Urban Frontier. Abingdon Press, 1993 (187 pp.).

Stockwell, Clinton E. Urban Research Project. Chicago: Midwest Baptist Conference, 1985 (157 pp.).

Van Engen, Charles, and Jude Tiersma, eds. God So Loves the City: Seeking a Theology for Urban Mission. Monrovia, Calif.: MARC, 1994 (313 pp.).

Van Houten, Mark E. God's Inner-City Address: Crossing the Boundaries. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1988 (139 pp.).

_________________. Profane Evangelism: Taking the Gospel into the Unholy Places. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.

Villafane, Eldin. Seek the Peace of the City: Reflections on Urban Ministry. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995 (146 pp.)

White, Randy. Journey to the Center of the City: Making a Difference in an Urban Neighborhood. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996 (143 pp.).

Yon, William A., ed. To Build the City—Too Long a Dream: Studies of Urban Churches. Washington, D.C.: The Alban Institute, 1982 (68 pp.).