Urban Ministry: The Kingdom of God, the City & the People of God By Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz InterVarsity Press

Here, in one comprehensive volume, Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz, two noted scholars and proven practitioners of urban ministry, address the vital work of the church in the city. Their dual goal: to understand the city and God's work in it.

To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City  By Mark R. Gornik Eerdmans Publishing Co.

How are Christians to understand and respond to our distressed inner-city communities? Building on both the perspective of God's new creation and the view from the neighborhood, Mark R. Gornik's To Live in Peace shows how the life of the church, the strategies of community development, and the practices of peacemaking can make a transformational difference.

A Theology As Big As the City  By Raymond J. Bakke  InterVarsity Press

"As our cities swell with immigrants, I'm reminded that Jesus was born in a borrowed barn in Asia and became an African refugee in Egypt, so the Christmas story is about an international migrant. Furthermore, a whole villageful of baby boys died for Jesus before he had the opportunity to die for them on the cross. Surely this Jesus understands the pain of children who die for the sins of adults in our cities."

City of God, City of Satan  By Robert Linthicum Zondervan Publishing House

This is a timely theology of the city that weaves the theological images of the Bible and the social realities of the contemporary world into a revealing tapestry of truths about the urban experience. Its purpose is to define clearly the mission of the church in the midst of the urban realities and to support well the work of the church in the urban world.

The American City and the Evangelical Church: A Historical Overview Harvie M. Conn  Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, 1994

Long-standing fear and prejudice separate the American city from the evangelical church. Missioligist Harvie M. Conn explains why urban dwellers tend to view today's increased interest as too little, too late. Evangelicals must visibly roll up their sleeves for involvement in biblical social action to gain credibility.