{"product_id":"becoming-a-just-church-cultivating-communities-of-gods-shalom-paperback","title":"Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God's Shalom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam L. Gustine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDennis R. Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIVP Readers' Choice Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStop outsourcing justice!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany local churches don't know what to do about justice. We tend to compartmentalize it as merely a strategy for outreach, and we often outsource itto parachurch justice ministries. While these organizations do good work, individual congregations are left disconnected from God's just purposes in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Gustine calls the local church to be just and do justice. He provides a theological vision for our identity as a just people, where God's character and the pursuit of shalom infuses every aspect of our congregational DNA. As we grow in becoming just, the church becomes a prophetic alternative to the broken systems of the worldand a parable of God's intentions for human flourishing and societal transformation. This renewed vision for the church leads us into cultivating a just life together--in community, discipleship, worship, and more--extending justice out into the worldin concrete ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet's hold being and doing together, so we can become just, compassionate communities that restore shalom and bring hope to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam L. Gustine leads CovEnterprises, a social enterprise initiative of Love Mercy Do Justice, for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is also the founder of an enterprise incubator in South Bend, Indiana, dedicated to extending opportunity, restoration, and ownership to the margins. He has pastored multiple churches in a wide variety of contexts and has a doctor of ministry degree from Missio Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Ann, are raising three kids to seek the shalom of their city South Bend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis R. Edwards (PhD, Catholic University of America) is associate professor of New Testament as well as vice president for church relations and dean of North Park Seminary, Chicago. He has worked in urban ministry for over three decades, including serving as a church planter in Brooklyn and Washington, DC. His books include \u003ci\u003eMight from the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e and the Story of God Bible Commentary on 1 Peter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53449935880499,"sku":"9780830841516","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/Ex-Uj8MLDm9780830841516.webp?v=1782983348","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-a-just-church-cultivating-communities-of-gods-shalom-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}