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Christian Reading List
Being Interrupted: Reimagining the Church’s Mission from the Outside, In
Al Barrett & Ruth Harley
David Sheppard – Batting for the Poor: The authorized biography of the celebrated cricketer and bishop
Andrew Bradstock
Intelligent Church: A Journey Towards Christ-Centred Community
Steve Chalke
A Call to Act: Building A Poverty Busting Lifestyle
Martin Charlesworth & Natalie Williams
A Church for the Poor: Transforming the church to each the poor in Britain today
Martin Charlesworth & Natalie Williams
The Myth of the Undeserving Poor: A Christian response to poverty in Britain today
Martin Charlesworth & Natalie Williams
Everyday Church: Mission by Being Good Neighbours
Tim Chester & Steve Timmis
Good News to the Poor : The Gospel Through Social Involvement
Tim Chester
Unreached: Growing Churches In Working-Class And Deprived Areas
Tim Chester
Mission in Marginal Places: The Theory
Paul Cloke & Mike Pears
Mission in Marginal Places: The Praxis
Paul Cloke & Mike Pears
Mission in Marginal Places: The Stories
Paul Cloke & Mike Pears
Crossover City: Resources for Urban Mission and Transformation
Andrew Davey
Chav Christianity: Exploring What It Looks Like to Be a Working-Class Christian
Darren Edwards
Our Daily Bread : From Argos to the altar – A priest’s story
Father Alex Frost
Jesus and Jellied Eels: Making sense of my life
Laurie Green
Blessed are the Poor? : Urban Poverty and the Church
Laurie Green
Urban Ministry and the Kingdom of God
Laurie Green
Fruitfulness on the Frontline: Making a Difference Where You Are
Mark Greene
Here I Am: Joining God’s Adventurous Call to Love the World
Andy Hawthorne
Faith in the Poor: Britain’s poor reveal what it’s really like to be ‘socially excluded’
Bob Holman
Urban to the Core: Motives for Incarnational Mission
Juliet Kilpin
The Word on the Street
Rob Lacey
Not Forgotten: Walking with Jesus in the Wilderness
Chris Lane
Ordinary Miracles: Mess, meals, and meeting Jesus in unexpected places
Chris Lane
Ministering Cross-Culturally: A Model for Effective Personal Relationships
Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Marvin K Mayers
12 Rules for Christian Activists: A Toolkit for Massive Change
Ellen Loudon
Church Unplugged: Remodelling Church Without Losing your Soul
David Male
Church in Hard Places
Mez McConnell & Mike McKinley
Beyond the Good Samaritan
Ann Morisy
12 Rules for Northern Soul: Football, Punk, Jesus
David O’Brien
Pilgrims and Priests: Christian Mission in a Post-Christian Society
Stefan Paas
Reimagining Mission from Urban Places: Missional Pastoral Care
Anna Ruddick
Seeking a City with Foundations: Theology For An Urban World
David W. Smith
A Gathering Momentum: Stories of Christian unity transforming our towns and cities
Roger Sutton
Invisible Divides: Class, culture and barriers to belonging in the Church
Natalie Williams and Paul Brown
Secular Reading List
Skint Estate: Notes from the Poverty Line
Cash Carraway
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
Owen Jones
Estates: An Intimate History
Lynsey Hanley
Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns
Kerry Hudson
Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain’s Underclass
Darren McGarvey
The Fall and Rise of Social Housing: 100 Years on 20 Estates
Becky Tunstall