Christian Mission and Poverty

What “They” Say . . . What Will You Say?

There may be no more pressing issue before the contemporary church, especially churches living in these strange times in the United States, than to be reminded of Jesus’ teaching about the poor and against the wealthy. We have so neglected his words, and substituted a comfortable pseudo-gospel better suited to worship Mammon than the Holy Trinity, that Christianity has become almost unrecognizable. The hour is late, but there is still time. Draper’s timely Christian Mission and Poverty speaks into this moment not by using his own words but pointing us to true witnesses from antiquity throughmodernity. Every church, study group, discipleship class and individual should take, read and inwardly digest the essays in this important collection.

~ D. Stephen Long, PhD, Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, Southern Methodist University