Written by Nile Harper and six leading pastors, this volume tells the stories of twenty-eight urban churches that are successfully contributing to the transformation of inner-city communities in fifteen major cities across America -- Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York City, Portland, San Francisco, Savannah, and Washington, D.C.
Interesting overview of Pilgrim Congregational Church and the role the church took after calling Rev. Dr. Laurinda Hafner as its pastor in 1990. Some of the roles are still held by the congregation, few new ones have been taken on (f.x. Food Pantry). Other tasks or roles have been taken over by others or in some cases deligated to more specialized NGO’s, that might even use the church building to fulfill their tasks.