SIX STARTING POINT FOR URBAN POOR THEOLOGY
BIBLICAL FOCUS |
CREATION MONARCHY |
EXODUS |
PROPHETS |
INCARNATION |
CROSS |
CHURCH |
PAROUSIA |
PRACTICAL OUTWORKING |
STRUCTURING SOCIETY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
MOVING AS A PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM |
SPEAKING AGAINST SOCIAL EVILS TO THE ELITES |
LIVING AMONG THE POOR SERVING VICTIMS OF SOCIETY |
SACRIFICIAL LIVING FOR THE POOR
PREACHING TO THE POOR |
CHURCH AS CENTER OF MEETING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS |
ESCAPE FROM THE SUFFERINGS OF POVERTY OR ESCAPE FROM DEALING WITH POVERTY |
SOME GROUPS WHO HAVE THESE FOCUSES |
REFORMED STATE CHURCHES CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES |
LIBERATION THEOLOGY
POOR PEOPLES THEOLOGIES |
MOST OF US AT SOME POINTS |
PREACHING FRIARS MANY CATHOLIC ORDERS ANABAPTISTS |
FUNDAMENTALIST MISSIONS
HISTORIC CENTER |
ALL SECTORS OF CHRISTIANITY EXCEPT 20TH CENTURY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES |
FUNDAMENTALIST MISSIONS PENTECOSTALSIx Starting POint for Urban Poor Theology |