Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places

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Mark T Mulder

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Calvin Shorts

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Congregational community engagement is so widespread in the United States that it is best described as a congregational norm. Both congregational leaders and attenders, in fact, expect to be involved in community activities simply as a matter of course. Moreover, people in need assume aid from congregations is natural and normal. Beyond that, most congregations want to be involved in their communities--they see neighborhood participation as a natural product of their mission. And congregational social activity also tends to spur other action: studies show that individuals who attend congregations in which there is a strong and clear priority on community care are more likely than others to be civically engaged outside the congregation. In other words, congregational activity has ripple effects that are hard to even measure. Congregations interested in community engagement, though, should prepare to accurately assess both their limits and capacities in addressing community issues. There exists no step-by-step formula for congregational engagement that simply translates to all communities/neighborhoods. This book, however, offers a brief overview to stimulate congregational thinking about community engagement in a manner that includes insights regarding social science and local context.

Author Biography:

Mark T. Mulder's research focuses on urban congregations and changing racial-ethnic demographics. Mulder is Professor of Sociology at Calvin College and chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Work. He is the author of Shades of White Flight: Evangelical Congregations and Urban Departure (Rutgers University Press, 2015) and co-author of Latino Protestants in America: Diverse and Growing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). In addition, Mulder has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in academic journals, including Social Problems and The Journal of Urban History. He has also published pieces for church audiences and won writing awards from the Evangelical Press Association and the Associated Church Press.

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March 15th, 2018

Author

Mark T Mulder

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General (US: Trade)

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Illustrations, black and white

Pages

116

Series

Calvin Shorts

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129x198x6

ISBN-13

9781937555283

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27810450

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