{"id":14833,"date":"2011-07-11T07:35:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T06:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2020-01-05T19:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T19:09:12","slug":"two-new-books-on-caring-for-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2011\/07\/two-new-books-on-caring-for-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new books on caring for the poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"color: green;font-family: Tahoma;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><strong> <\/strong>Two new Newfrontiers books on the poor will be released at the TOAM Conference this coming week!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newfrontierstogether.org\/Shop\/Sections\/Section.aspx?section_id=9138\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2011\/07\/screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-0920542-171x260.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2011-06-02-at-0920542\" width=\"171\" height=\"260\"><\/a>Embracing the Poor<\/strong><\/em><br>\nThis has been been written by an international Task Team of theologians and practitioners from <em>Newfrontiers<\/em> churches who worked together for two years to combine an understanding  of the theology of the poor with \u2018good practice\u2019 in ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what I had to say about this book:<br>\n<em>\u201cThose who want to follow the apostollic mandate to \u2018remember the poor\u2019   will find in this book a series of helpful articles and testimonies  from  people who have been at the forefront of Newfrontiers efforts to   demonstrate the love of God with the gospel in one hand and practical   care in the other\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newfrontierstogether.org\/Shop\/Sections\/Section.aspx?section_id=9138\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2011\/07\/screen-shot-2011-07-06-at-103756-182x260.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2011-07-06-at-103756\" width=\"182\" height=\"260\"><\/a>The Poor deserve the Best<\/strong><\/em><br>\n\u201cI have written this book from my passion to see ministry with the poor carried out to a high standard. It is a manual of <strong>Good Practice<\/strong> with three sections on 1) the Key Characteristics which should be  included in a ministry, 2) Planning and 3) a Ministry Health Check. In  this last section I have provided all the necessary tools to carry out  such a check on your own ministries with the poor.<\/p>\n<p>The final  section provides examples from ministries around the world and across a  range of sectors (education, health etc) which exhibit what I consider  to be \u2018good practice\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Ring<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These two books complement one another and, during the conference, will be available together at a special combined price of <strong>\u00a312.00!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both books may be purchased<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newfrontierstogether.org\/Shop\/Sections\/Section.aspx?section_id=9138\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new Newfrontiers books on the poor will be released at the TOAM Conference this coming week! 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