Paperback. "The Bridge" is about a middle-class church that chose to move across town and into an unsafe urban neighborhood where fatherlessness, drugs, crime, prostitution, dropouts, and brokenness prevailed. This little group moved into this neighborhood to build God's bridges of agape love between all people young and old. Bridge Ministry of Acadiana, a Christian Community Development organization was birthed in 2003. Within the Greatest Commandments the Bridge is guided by 8-key components that were developed prior to taking any actions and are detailed in the books Acknowledgements and Forward. These key loving and guiding components describe "why" Bridge does what it does, and is followed by many short stories that hopefully explain "what" Bridge does. These short stories tell about people in the neighborhood and community that come from all denominations, socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, businesses, and organizations that have relationally joined with this inner-city movement of relocation, reconciliation and redemption by either volunteering, investing and/or praying for our neighborhood and community. It tells how the church and volunteers initially went door-to-door listening and learning about our neighbor's dreams for safer streets and better lives. The church learned from our neighbors that relational development is the greatest need in our inner city. By first listening and then responding to our neighbors 'Bridge' became a development-type organization and not a relief-type organization. The Bridge learned how to develop and empower people by not doing "for", but doing "with". This book of short stories hopefully paints a picture of how this culture of trust, respect, and love is being built in the inner-city. A culture that ensures the dignity and growth of whole children and people without causing further harm. These are bridging stories of faith and agape love that deliver a hope that has the power to achieve dreams and change destinies for people on both sides of the proverbial bridge. The Bridge sees the root cause of poverty being in our broken relationships-with God, our selves, and our neighbors. These interdependent yet broken relationships cause gaps in the resource flows needed for human development, empowerment, and wholeness. These three broken relationships ultimately cause physical as well as spiritual poverty for individuals and society. When ignored, these 3-broken relationships will hold us back individually and collectively from maturing in the character of Christ and from being an irresistible and relevant people of faith. Jesus Christ, as Bridge's model, relocated into our broken neighborhood here on earth to reconcile and redeem all relationships for the Kingdom's sake. The King now directs us in his Greatest Commandments to carry on his mission by loving God, our selves, and our neighbors with all our minds, hearts, and strength. As purposed, it is through these right and caring relationships that intellectual, moral, and spiritual resources are able to flow for the character and wholeness of our families, churches, neighborhoods and communities. Jesus Replied, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments." (Matthew 22:37-40, NLT) This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Codice articolo 9781517161811

Contatta il venditore

Segnala questo articolo

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: "The Bridge" (Paperback)
Editore: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Lingua: Inglese
ISBN 10: 1517161819
ISBN 13: 9781517161811
Rilegatura: Paperback
Condizione: new

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

The Bridge is about a middle-class church that chose to move across town and into an unsafe urban neighborhood where fatherlessness, drugs, crime, prostitution, dropouts, and brokenness prevailed. This little group moved into this neighborhood to build God s bridges of agape love between all people young and old. Bridge Ministry of Acadiana, a Christian Community Development organization was birthed in 2003. Within the Greatest Commandments the Bridge is guided by 8-key components that were developed prior to taking any actions and are detailed in the books Acknowledgements and Forward. These key loving and guiding components describe why Bridge does what it does, and is followed by many short stories that hopefully explain what Bridge does. These short stories tell about people in the neighborhood and community that come from all denominations, socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, businesses, and organizations that have relationally joined with this inner-city movement of relocation, reconciliation and redemption by either volunteering, investing and/or praying for our neighborhood and community. It tells how the church and volunteers initially went door-to-door listening and learning about our neighbor s dreams for safer streets and better lives. The church learned from our neighbors that relational development is the greatest need in our inner city. By first listening and then responding to our neighbors Bridge became a development-type organization and not a relief-type organization. The Bridge learned how to develop and empower people by not doing for , but doing with . This book of short stories hopefully paints a picture of how this culture of trust, respect, and love is being built in the inner-city. A culture that ensures the dignity and growth of whole children and people without causing further harm.These are bridging stories of faith and agape love that deliver a hope that has the power to achieve dreams and change destinies for people on both sides of the proverbial bridge.The Bridge sees the root cause of poverty being in our broken relationships with God, our selves, and our neighbors. These interdependent yet broken relationships cause gaps in the resource flows needed for human development, empowerment, and wholeness. These three broken relationships ultimately cause physical as well as spiritual poverty for individuals and society. When ignored, these 3-broken relationships will hold us back individually and collectively from maturing in the character of Christ and from being an irresistible and relevant people of faith.Jesus Christ, as Bridge s model, relocated into our broken neighborhood here on earth to reconcile and redeem all relationships for the Kingdom s sake. The King now directs us in his Greatest Commandments to carry on his mission by loving God, our selves, and our neighbors with all our minds, hearts, and strength. As purposed, it is through these right and caring relationships that intellectual, moral, and spiritual resources are able to flow for the character and wholeness of our families, churches, neighborhoods and communities.Jesus Replied, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments. (Matthew 22:37-40, NLT)

Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.

Descrizione libreria

Online business

Visita la pagina della libreria

Informazioni sull'azienda del venditore

ABC BOOKS LIMITED
10 John Street, London, WC1N 2EB, United Kingdom

Condizioni di vendita e spedizione

Condizioni di vendita

Orders can be returned within 30 days of receipt.

Diritto di recesso

Se sei un consumatore puoi recedere dal contratto in conformit� con quanto segue. Per Consumatore si intende qualsiasi persona fisica che agisce per scopi estranei alla propria attivit� commerciale, imprenditoriale, artigianale o professionale.

Informazioni sul diritto di recesso

Diritto legale di recesso

Hai il diritto di recedere dal presente contratto entro 14 giorni senza fornire alcuna motivazione.

Il periodo di recesso scade dopo 14 giorni dal giorno in cui tu o una terza parte, diversa dal vettore e da te indicata, acquisisce il possesso fisico dell'ultimo bene o dell'ultimo lotto o pezzo.

Per esercitare il diritto di recesso, compila e invia elettronicamente una dichiarazione esplicita sul nostro sito Web, alla voce “I miei acquisti” nella sezione “Mio account”. Ti comunicheremo senza indugio una conferma di ricezione di tale recesso su un supporto durevole (ad es. via e-mail).

Per rispettare il termine di recesso, � sufficiente inviare la comunicazione relativa all'esercizio del diritto di recesso prima della scadenza del periodo di recesso stesso.

Effetti del recesso

In caso di recesso dal presente contratto, ti rimborseremo tutti i pagamenti ricevuti, compresi i costi di spedizione (ad eccezione dei costi supplementari derivanti dalla tua eventuale scelta di un tipo di spedizione diverso dal tipo meno costoso di consegna standard da noi offerto).

Potremo effettuare una detrazione dal rimborso per la perdita di valore dei beni forniti, qualora tale perdita sia il risultato di una manipolazione non necessaria da parte tua.

Eseguiremo il rimborso senza indebito ritardo e non oltre 14 giorni dal giorno in cui saremo informati della tua decisione di recedere dal presente contratto.

Il rimborso sar� effettuato utilizzando lo stesso mezzo di pagamento da te usato per la transazione iniziale, salvo che tu non abbia espressamente concordato altrimenti; in ogni caso, non dovrai sostenere alcun costo quale conseguenza di tale rimborso.

Possiamo trattenere il rimborso finch� non avremo ricevuto i beni oppure finch� non avrai fornito la prova di averli rispediti, a seconda di quale condizione si verifichi per prima.

Dovrai rispedire i beni o consegnarli a CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom, senza indebito ritardo e, in ogni caso, entro 14 giorni dal giorno in cui ci hai comunicato la tua volont� di recedere dal presente contratto. Il termine � rispettato se rispedisci i beni prima della scadenza del periodo di 14 giorni. I costi diretti della restituzione dei beni saranno a tuo carico. Sei responsabile solo della diminuzione del valore dei beni risultante da una manipolazione diversa da quella necessaria per stabilire la natura, le caratteristiche e il funzionamento dei beni stessi.

Eccezioni al diritto di recesso

Il diritto di recesso non si applica a:

La fornitura di giornali, periodici o riviste ad eccezione dei contratti di abbonamento; e
La fornitura di contenuto digitale non fornito su un supporto materiale (ad es. su un CD o DVD), se al momento dell'invio dell'ordine hai accettato l'inizio dell'esecuzione e hai riconosciuto che non avresti potuto recedere una volta iniziata l'esecuzione.

Condizioni di spedizione

Please note that titles are dispatched from our US, Canadian or Australian warehouses. Delivery times specified in shipping terms. Orders ship within 2 business days. Delivery to your door then takes 7-14 days.

Tariffe di spedizione da Regno Unito a U.S.A.

Tariffe di spedizione da Regno Unito a U.S.A.
Quantit� dell'ordine	Da 7 a 60 giorni lavorativi	Da 7 a 14 giorni lavorativi
Primo articolo	EUR 42.92	EUR 42.92

I tempi di consegna sono stabiliti dai venditori e variano in base al corriere e al paese. Gli ordini che devono attraversare una dogana possono subire ritardi e spetta agli acquirenti pagare eventuali tariffe o dazi associati. I venditori possono contattarti in merito ad addebiti aggiuntivi dovuti a eventuali maggiorazioni dei costi di spedizione dei tuoi articoli.