City Changers

Being the Presence of Christ in Your Community

Alan Platt

• Publisher: David C Cook
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781434710970
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

The Bible is clear about God's love for the city, be it Babylon, Nineveh, or Jerusalem. Thousands of years later, His lovehasn't changed—and God still calls His people to speak truth to
the cities of the world. In City Changers, Alan Platt shows how we need to be in the classrooms, boardrooms, and marketplaces of our communities, engaged with society and ready to offer hope to the broken. Alan gives practical answers and inspiration for influencing the spiritual, social, and cultural dimensions of where we live, as he tells his remarkable story of watching God's church deeply affect cities around the world. Generations of changed lives tell us that Christianity can radically transform society, beginning with spiritual transformation in the lives of individual people. As Alan writes, the church is called
as a missional presence to instill the character and presence of Christ into the core of the community.

Table of contents

• City Changers
• Introduction
• 1. From Concern to Compassion
• 2. The Accomplished Work of Christ
• 3. A New Bandwidth in My Theology
• 4. A Changed Philosophy
• 5. A New Understanding of the World
• 6. A Strategy for Transformation
• 7. Producing City Changers
• 8. Transforming Together
• 9. Understanding Our Cultural Reality
• 10. Engagement
• 11. The Generosity Principle
• 12. The Generosity Paradigm
• 13. Going to the “Other Side”
• Conclusion
• Notes