We have provided for your review a number of books and
websites for you to learn more about Faith Based
Community Economic Development
- Abyssinian Baptist Church.www.abyssinian.org
- Abyssinian Development Corporation. www.adcorp.
org. - Asset-based Community Development Religious
Network. www.northwestern.edIPR/abcd.html - Barna, G. (1999) The Habits of Highly Effective
Churches. Ventura, California: Regal Books. - Barna, G., Jackson, H.R., (2004) High Impact African-
American Churches. Ventura, California: Regal Books. - Bethel New Life, Inc. www.bethelnewlife.org
- Bobo, K., Kendall, J., Max, Steve. (2001) Organizing for
Social Change: Midwest Academy Manual for Activists.
Santa Ana California: Seven Locks Press.
- Buttrick, D. (1992) Standing with the poor: Theological
Reflections on Economic Reality. Cleveland, Ohio:
Pilgrim Press. - Caldwell, K.H., (1999) The Gospel of Good Success: A
Road Map to Spiritual, Emotional and Financial
Wholeness. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. - Christian Community Development Association. (2005)
Philosophy: The Eight Components of Christian
Community Development. www.ccda.
org/about/philosophy.shtml.
- Congress of National Black Churches. www.cnbc.org
- Direct Action & Research Training Center. www.
thedartcenter.org - Drucker, P.F. (1992) Managing The Non-Profit
Organization: Practices and Principles. New York,
New York: Harper Business. - Dudley, C., (Ed) (1996) Next Steps in Community
Ministry. Bethesda, MD.: The Alban Institute. - Dudley, C.S., (2002) Community Ministry: New
Challenges, proven steps to faith-based initiatives.
Bethesda, MD: The Alban Institute.
- East Brooklyn Congregations. www.
industrialareasfoundation.org/iaaffiliates/iafaffiliatesne.
html - Enterprise Foundation www.enterprisecommunity.org.
- Esau, J.C., (2005) Start and Grow your Faith-Based
Non-Profit. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass. - Faith Center for Community Development. www.fccd.
org - Fame Renaissance. www.famerenaissance.org.
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church. www.
famechurch.org.atomichost.com.
- Freedman, S.G., (1993) Upon this Rock: the Miracles of
A Black Church. New York, New York: Harper Perennial.
Gamaliel Foundation. www.gamaliel.org. - Gite, L. (1993). “The New Agenda of the Black Church:
Economic Development for Black America,” Black
Enterprise (December). - Grogan, P.S., Proscio, T. (2000) Comeback cities: A
Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival. Boulder,
Colorado: Westview Press. - Halpern, R. (1995). Rebuilding the inner city. New
York, NY: Columbia University Press. - Jeavons, T. (1994) When the Bottom Line is
Faithfulness: Management of Christian Service
Organizations. Bloomington, IA: Indiana University
Press.
- Kretzmann, J. & McKnight, J.L. (1993). Building
Communities from the inside out. Chicago, Il.: ACTA
Publications. - Kretzmann, J.P., McKnight, J.L. (1997) A Guide to
Capacity Inventories: Mobilizing the Community Skills
of Local Residents. Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications. - Local Initiatives Support Corporation. www.lisc.org.
- In J.E. Trotman (Ed) The Journal of The
Interdenominational Theological Center. Atlanta,
Georgia: The ITC Press. - Mann, D. (1992). “Pastor, priest, and organizer:
Leadership in community ministries.” In E.S. Meyers
(Ed.), Envisioning the new city: A reader on urban
ministry (pp.64-79). Louisville, KY: WestminsterMatte
suchXMoney.
- Matte such, P., Money, B. (1997) Community Building:
What makes it Work: A Review of Factors Influencing
Successful Community Building. Saint Paul, Minnesota:
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. - Mcknight, J. (1995). The Careless society. New York,
NY: Basic Books. - Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church. www.metroamezion.
org - Metropolitan Housing and CDC. 2006. www.
metropolitancommunity.org. - National Congress for Community Economic
Development (2004) Case of Faith: Faith Central:
Bethel New Life’s Beth-Anne Center – Chicago, Il.
www.ncced.org. - National Congress for Community Economic
Development. (2004) Faith in Action: Words Plus
Deeds: Does Bush Budget Add Up? www.ncced.org. - National Federation of Community Development Credit
Unions. 2005. 12/25/2005. www.natfed.org. - New Community Corporation. www.newcommunity.org
- Perkins, J.M., (1995). Restoring At-Risk Communities:
Doing it Together & Doing it Right. Grand Rapids, MI:
Baker Books. - Puntenney, D.L, (2000). A Guide to Building
Sustainable Organizations from the Inside Out: An
Organizational Capacity-Building ToolBox From the
Chicago Foundation for Women. Chicago, IL: ACTA
Publications. - Putnam, R.D. (2000). Bowling Alone: The Collapse and
Revival of American Community. New York, New York:
Simon & Schuster. - Queen, E. (ED) (2000) Serving Those in Need: A
Handbook for Managing Faith-Based Human Service
Organizations. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass. - Reese. David T. and Clamp, Christina A. (2000). Faith-
Based Community Economic Development: Principles &
Practices. Boston: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. - Saint Paul Community Baptist Church. www.spcbc.com.
- Schaper, D. (1992). “Bricks without straw.” In E.S.
- Meyers (Ed.), Envisioning the new city: A reader on
urban ministry (pp.31-43). Louisville, KY:
Westminister, John Knox Press. - Sherman, A. L. (1997) Restorers of Hope: Reaching
the poor in your community with church –based
ministries that work. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway
Books. - Smidt, C. (Ed.) (2003) Religion as Social Capital:
Producing the Common Good. Waco, Texas: Baylor
University Press. - Smith, D.R. (2003) Beyond Boundaries: Low Income
Residents, Faith-based Organizations and
Neighborhood Coalition Building. Atlanta, Georgia:
The Leadership Center at Morehouse College. www.
aecf.org/publications/data/3%5Fbtbreport.pdf.
- The Center for Community Change. www.
communitychange.org - The Center for Public Justice. 2005. wwwcpjustice.org
- The Community Development Financial Institution
Fund. www.treas.gov/cdfi. - The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral. www.
allencathedral.org. - The Urban Institute. 2005. www.urban.org.
- Thomas, J.M. and Blake, R.N., (1996). “Faith-Based
Community Development and African American
Neighborhoods.” In Revitalizing Urban
Neighborhoods.” Eds. W. Dennis Keating, Norman
Krumholz, and Philip Star, 131-143. Lawrence,
Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
- Toussaint, P.A.. (1997). “Concord Baptist Church:
taking Care of Bed-Stuy.” In Signs of Hope in the City:
Ministries of Community Renewal, Eds. Robert D. Carle
and Louis A. DeCaro, Jr.. Valley Forge, New York:
Judson Press. - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(1996, June). Communities at work: Addressing the
urban challenge. Office of Policy Development and
Research. www.huduser.org/publications/pdf/bstprctc.
pdf - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(1996, May). Beyond Shelter: Building Communities of
Opportunity: The United States Report for Habitat II.
Office of Policy Development and Research. www.
huduser.org/Publications/PDF/natlrprt.pdf - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(2004, June). Building Organizations that Build
Communities: Strengthening the Capacity of Faith-
based Community Development Organizations. Office
of Policy Development and Research. www.huduser.
org/publications/commdevl/buildOrgComms.html
- Vidal, A.C., (2001). Faith-Based Organizations in
Community Development prepared for the U.S.
Department of Housing and Community Development.
Office of Policy Development. www.huduser.
org/Publications/PDF/faithbased.pdf - Walsh, A. (Ed.) Can Charitable Choice Work? Covering
Religion’s Impact on Urban Affairs and Social Services.
Hartford, CT.: Trinity College. - Wilmer, W.K., Schmidt, J.D., Smith, M., (1998) The
Prospering Parachurch. San Francisco, California:
Jossey-Bass Publishers. - Wilson, J.Q and Kelling, G. “Broken Windows,” The
Atlantic Monthly, March 1982. - Windsor Village United Methodist Church. www.
kingdombuilders.com
