This volume sounds a ringing summons to today's churches to give primacy once again to urban ministry. Written mostly by Eldin Villafañe, this book also includes chapters by Douglas Hall, Efraín Agosto, and Bruce W. Jackson.

Justo Gonzalez writes, “Villafañe provides us with a worthy sequel to his ground-breaking first book, The Liberating Spirit. Speaking out of his great wealthy of experience in Latino barrios and their churches, Villafañe offers a new vision and a renewed hope for urban ministries. This is obligatory reading for those who fear that the church no longer has a role to play in the shaping of our cities.”

Dr. Villafañe is Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.