MI301 Community Analysis: Exegeting Culture for Missions
Overview
Learn to diagnose needs in a local community and to discover some of the felt needs in a neighborhood. Begin to think biblically and missionally about ways that a church or group of churches could be involved in responding to the needs in that community. Understand what the Scripture says about applying it to your life in a manner that is relevant to your church and community.
Top Highlights
“That’s a third level now—initial observation, a deeper look, and then finally a more thorough observation. And these are all research words; these are all community analysis words. These are cultural kind of cues that Paul is practicing.” (source)
“You’re going to find those that desperately want to learn more about who Jesus is and others that will dismiss it.” (source)
“we’re ultimately trying to fill that God-shaped void” (source)
“If we could understand that in our world today, that people are hungry and groping and grasping, in a sense, with eyes closed—in a sense, Paul says, ‘I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to put it on the knob, because Jesus is the door.” (source)
“‘Don’t be weary in doing what is right, because in due season you’ll reap’—what?—‘if you don’t quit.’ So much of ministry is not quitting. Keep on, till the soil, get to know people, build relationships, don’t be discouraged.” (source)
- Title: MI301 Community Analysis: Exegeting Culture for Missions
- Author: John Fuder
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Christianity and culture; Cities and towns › Religious aspects--Christianity; Education › Christianity and culture; Education › Cities and towns--Religious aspects--Christianity; Education › Missions; Missions
- Resource ID: LLS:MI301FUDER
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:34:33Z
Dr. John Fuder is the director of Justice and Compassion Ministries of re:source global, and the director of city engagement for Park Community Church in Chicago.
Dr. Fuder served in urban ministry for 15 years in California, and was the professor of urban studies at Moody Theological Seminary in Chicago for 17 years. He now trains and coaches the broader body of Christ to engage more deeply in contextualizing the gospel in their local communities.
Dr. Fuder holds a BRE from Prairie Bible College, an MA in religion from Pepperdine University, and a PhD from Biola University. He’s authored many publications, includingTraining Students for Urban Ministry, A Heart for the City: Effective Ministries to the Urban Community, and A Heart for the Community: New Models for Urban and Suburban Ministry. Dr. Fuder and his wife, Nellie, have three children and a granddaughter, and live on Chicago’s north side.