Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

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Part II Theological and Missiological Principles and Insights: Toward a Theology of Church Planting . . . . 93 Christus Victor: A Theology of the City and the Poor . . 95 The Theology of the Poor for Team Leaders . . . . . . . 97 Ethics of the New Testament: Living in the Upside-Down Kingdom of God . . . . . . 109 Christus Victor: An Integrated Vision for the Christian Life and Witness . . . 110 The Kingdom of God: Church Planting in a Universe at War. . 111 Christus Victor: Toward a Biblical Theology for the Urban Church 120 Once upon a Time: Understanding Our Church’s Place in the Story of God . . . 150 The Black Church and Church Planting: World Impact Blog, February 2015 . . . . . . . . 163 A Theology of the Kingdom and the Church . . . . . 167 Living in the Already and the Not Yet Kingdom . . . . . 169 Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future . . . . . 170 A Theology of the Church in Kingdom Perspective . . . . 171 A Schematic for a Theology of the Kingdom and the Church . 172 Thy Kingdom Come! Readings on the Kingdom of God . . . 173 There Is a River: Identifying the Streams of a Revitalized Authentic Christian Community in the City . . . 182 The Role of Sound Ecclesiology in Urban Mission. . . . . 183 The Story of God: Our Sacred Roots . . . . . . . . 195 Substitute Centers to a Christ-Centered Vision: Goods and Effects Which Our Culture Substitutes as the Ultimate Concern . . . 196 The Picture and the Drama: Image and Story in the Recovery of Biblical Myth . . . . 197 Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom . . . . 198 The Theology of Christus Victor: A Christ-Centered Biblical Motif for Integrating and Renewing the Urban Church . . . 199 The Theology of the Church for Team Leaders . . . . . 200 Models of the Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . 209