Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS • 7

A Theology of Christ and Culture . . . . . . . . 211 The Difference That Difference Makes: Culture, Religion, and Diversity in Post-Modern Society . . . 213 Five Views of the Relationship between Christ and Culture . . 231 Interaction of Class, Culture, and Race . . . . . . . 232 The Complexity of Difference: Race, Culture, Class . . . . 233 Cycle of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Authentic Freedom in Jesus Christ . . . . . . . . . 235 Too Legit to Quit: A Continuum of Cultural Practice . . . . 236 Apostolicity: The Unique Place of the Apostles in Christian Faith and Practice 237 Theological Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Creedal Theology as a Blueprint for Discipleship and Leadership: A Time-Tested Criterion for Equipping New Believers and Developing Indigenous Leaders . . . . . . . . 241 Translating the Story of God . . . . . . . . . . 253 Cross-Cultural Church Planting Principles . . . . . . . 254 The Missionary Vocation: Assessing Cross-Cultural Adaptability . 255 Targeting Unreached Groups in Churched Neighborhoods . . 256 Different Traditions of African-American Response: Interpreting a Legacy, Shaping an Identity, and Pursuing a Destiny as a Minority Culture Person . . . . . 257 Paul’s Team Members: Companions, Laborers, and Fellow Workers . . . . . . 260 Jesus’ Practice of Silence and Solitude. . . . . . . . 263 Seven Essential Practices for the Priesthood of All Believers . . 264 On World Impact’s “Empowering the Urban Poor” . . . . 265 Responding to God’s Call to the Poor . . . . . . . . 271 The Bible in Chronological Order: A Narrative Literary Telling of the Story of God in Both Testaments . . . 273 From Before to Beyond Time: The Plan of God and Human History . . . . . . . . 274