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A Quiet Revolution: The Christian Response to Human Need, a Strategy for Today
Book by Perkins, John
226 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
About the author
John M. Perkins
53 books210 followersDr. John M. Perkins is the founder and president emeritus of the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation and cofounder of Christian Community Development Association. He has served in advisory roles under five U.S. presidents, is one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the American civil rights movement, and is an author and international speaker on issues of reconciliation, leadership, and community development. For his tireless work he has received 14 honorary doctorates. One Blood, along with Dr. Perkins other books, provides an enduring legacy for a man who continues to leave his mark on American culture.
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May 31, 2021
This book is excellent -- a primer on doing wholistic ministry, in fact, it's one of the best books on the topic of "ministry" that I've ever read. If you are dissatisfied with the dichotomy between spirituality and material concerns, John Perkins laid out a blueprint almost 50 years ago for a wholistic ministry that addresses the whole person, community, and society with the gospel.
Here are the headings to the sections of the book:
The Call
Evangelism
Social Action
Economic Development
Justice
The Church
He has a whole chapter on "The Failure of the Evangelical Church" -- remember, this was written almost 50 years ago. There are sections in the book that are autobiographical, telling his life story growing up in Mississippi, leaving, coming back and doing ministry there. Some of these stories are as riveting as any novel, as they experienced the backlash of the white community.
Perkins weaves in biblical expositions that are excellent. He lays out a blueprint that is workable. This book is so good! It's on my (very short) "Must Re-Read" list.
Here's some great quotes:
"So many Christians have asked me 'Do you think Dr Martin Luther King is a Christian?' I could never understand this question. Only God knows his heart. But I do know that the justice he called for was the same justice I heard Amos and Isaiah and Jesus calling for."
"Silence is injustice. Silence is more than a lost opportunity. It means becoming a part of the system of injustice. This might be the position that the white evangelical church has gotten itself into in the past decades."
"White people still hold the power in our society and must take responsibility for the use of it. One of the most beautiful ways that they can do that is to move into the black community and put their resources behind creative black leadership."
Here are the headings to the sections of the book:
The Call
Evangelism
Social Action
Economic Development
Justice
The Church
He has a whole chapter on "The Failure of the Evangelical Church" -- remember, this was written almost 50 years ago. There are sections in the book that are autobiographical, telling his life story growing up in Mississippi, leaving, coming back and doing ministry there. Some of these stories are as riveting as any novel, as they experienced the backlash of the white community.
Perkins weaves in biblical expositions that are excellent. He lays out a blueprint that is workable. This book is so good! It's on my (very short) "Must Re-Read" list.
Here's some great quotes:
"So many Christians have asked me 'Do you think Dr Martin Luther King is a Christian?' I could never understand this question. Only God knows his heart. But I do know that the justice he called for was the same justice I heard Amos and Isaiah and Jesus calling for."
"Silence is injustice. Silence is more than a lost opportunity. It means becoming a part of the system of injustice. This might be the position that the white evangelical church has gotten itself into in the past decades."
"White people still hold the power in our society and must take responsibility for the use of it. One of the most beautiful ways that they can do that is to move into the black community and put their resources behind creative black leadership."
December 11, 2008
Meeting human needs today: A Biblical challenge to Christians. The Call. Evangelism. Social Action. Economic Development. Justice. The Church…. Living out the reconciling love of Christ to the poor….recognizing our need for each other …. To encourage and learn from one another…. Show that it is possible for the church to live out the love of God in this world…. “The desperate problems of today’s poor will only be solved by the commitment of Christian ‘revolutionaries’, ordinary brothers and sisters w/ heroic faith who dare to walk, as the little Shepard boy David did, into the most dangerous of battlefields to confront the difficulties of our day.”
Perkins is a GREAT man!... he's of Martin Luther King's vintage... he's lives and works in the inner-city of Jackson, Mississippi... he also began the Christian Community Development Assoc. (www.CCDA.org) which now has 1000's of members across the inner-cities of America.
Perkins is a GREAT man!... he's of Martin Luther King's vintage... he's lives and works in the inner-city of Jackson, Mississippi... he also began the Christian Community Development Assoc. (www.CCDA.org) which now has 1000's of members across the inner-cities of America.
December 17, 2009
Read for the second time today - Dr. Perkin's insight into the Gospel is profound. For those of us who know his work, many of the stories are ones we know well, but each time I learn something new!
February 26, 2013
This is a great book for introducing John Perkins' style and ideals. Also great for those who want to do something in Community Development
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