For Further Study on the Public Witness of the Church
A Social Creed for the 21st Century, National Council of Churches of Christ
AGAPE Document: Alternative Globalization Addressing Peoples and Earth, World Council of Churches
Background on the AGAPE Document
Accra Confession: Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth, World Alliance of Reformed Churches
Presbyterian Social Witness Policy Compilation
Worship/Christian Education Resources
Dale P. Andrews, Ronald J. Allen, & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, Preaching God’s Transforming Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, Year B, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011.
Margaret Aymer, Confessing the Beatitudes, 2011-2012 Horizons Bible Study, Louisville, KY: Presbyterian Women, 2011.
Steve Bachmann, Preach Liberty: Selections from the Bible, New York City: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1990.
Phil Tom, Congregation-Based Community Organizing, A Guide
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis), “Hope for the World,” PDF of a PowerPoint created by WPC as a vision statement growing out of a congregation-wide study and dialogue. View the longer (complete) version here.
Center for the Congregation in Public Life, Faithful Citizen: Acting Responsibly in a Global Society, a six week long web-based curriculum for adult education classes in churches.
Poverty Initiative, Bible Study and Worship Resources
Recommended Reading
Margaret Aymer, Confessing the Beatitudes, 2011-2012 Horizons Bible Study, Louisville, KY: Presbyterian Women, 2011.
Steve Bachmann, Preach Liberty: Selections from the Bible, New York City: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1990.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, New York: Touchstone, 1995.
Pamela M. Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, & Laura A. Stivers, Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.
John B. Cobb Jr. (ed.), Progressive Christians Speak: A Different Voice on Faith and Politics, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.
James H. Cone, God of the Oppressed, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003 (originally published in 1975).
Marie T. Cross (ed.), Evangelism and Social Justice, Nov/Dec 2001 Church & Society, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Mark Douglas, Believing Aloud: Reflections on Being Religious in the Public Square, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010.
Gustavo Gutierrez, A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2000 (originally published in 1971).
Nile Harper (ed.), Journeys into Justice: Religious Collaboratives Working for Social Transformation, Minneapolis, MN: Bascom Hill Publishing Group, 2009.
Dieter T. Hessel (ed.), The Church’s Public Role, Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993.
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
Jeffrey K. Krehbiel, Reflecting with Scripture on Community Organizing, Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications, 2010.
Lewis S. Mudge Jr., Why Is the Church in the World?, Board of Christian Education, 1967.
Timothy Njoya, The Divine Tag on Democracy, Yaounde (Cameroon): Editions CLE, 2003.
Rebecca Todd Peters & Elizabeth Hinson Hasty, To Do Justice: A Guide for Progressive Christians, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.
Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the Social Crisis, Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991 (originally published in 1907).
Cynthia L. Rigby, Promotion of Social Righteousness, Louisville, KY: Witherspoon Press, 2010.
Martha Lou Lemmon Stohlman, John Witherspoon: Parson, Politician, Patriot, Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1976.
Jim Wallis, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America, New York: Harper Collins, 2008.
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