Beyond the Good Samaritan: Community Ministry and Mission

by Ann Morisy

Community ministry can enliven pastoral care, provide opportunities for people to express their discipleship and help us to understand persistent injustices. This book explains and demonstrates how community ministry unites practical social responsibility and active Christian mission.

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 2003

Reviews

[Toby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ann Morisy's book on community mission is rightly regarded as a modern classic and is on most missiology reading lists. Written when the internet was still in its infancy, social media was not yet born and the financial crash of 2008 more than a decade away it is prescient in its brief analysis of society and the challenges faced by the church and the welfare system.

The book is practical and theologically well grounded. However, I don't agree with her reading of the story of Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician woman which seems to me to make Jesus too culturally grounded in his time and place.

[Andy Gore · Rating 4 out of 5]

At times extraordinarily good but yet at other times. But it is still a good read and one worth holding onto.