Opening a World of Study for Everyone - Christian Literature Centre

Micah’s Challenge
The Church’s Responsibility to
the Global Poor
Foreword by The Prime Minister the Rt Hon Gordon
Brown MP. Endorsed by David Cameron MP Leader
of the Conservative Party and Nick Clegg MP Leader
of the Liberal Democrats
Hoek & Thacker
Micah’s Challenge is a global Christian campaign. Its aims
are to deepen engagement with impoverished and
marginalised communities and to challenge international
leaders, and leaders of rich and poor countries, to
achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and so halve
absolute global poverty by 2015!
The name of the organisation is taken from Micah 6:8
‘He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what
does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love
mercy and to walk humbly with your God.’ This is Micah’s
challenge to Israel in his day and to the Church in our
day. God called the people of Israel to act with justice,
mercy and humility in their dealings with the poor. A call
that is just as relevant for his people today.
This book pulls together prophetic voices from Jim Wallis
to Tony Campolo and from Ronald Sider to Ren Padilla
and Joel Edwards to explore the theological, ethical and
practical dimensions of Micah’s challenge.
The heart of the book is an exploration of ‘acting justly’,
‘walking humbly’, and ‘loving mercy’. That call is set
within a broader biblical and theological framework and
followed by reflections on how we might live it out
today. Micah’s Challenge offers a passionate, biblical, and
challenging call to think afresh and to act redemptively as
individuals and as Christian communities.
RRP £9.99 / PB / 9781842276068 / 232 Pages / Paternoster
After McDonaldization
John Drane
The decline in church attendance continues across Europe, yet increasing numbers
of people are turning to ‘spirituality’. These changes are occurring as part of the
continuing impact of globalisation and consumerism on society along with a
developing culture of fear and a new search for truth following 9/11 and world
reaction to this event.
In this sequel to the best selling The McDonaldization of the Church. John Drane
considers what must come next for the Church. He presents the case for a more
‘practical theology’, a reinvigorated style of ministry and the restatement of classic
Christian beliefs for the 21st Century; not just as ‘things to believe’ but as ‘values’
to live by.
RRP £11.95 / PB / 9780232526547 / 256 Pages / Darton, Longman and Todd
Current Issues
15