Blue-collar ministry
Subtitle: facing economic and social realities of working people
By: Tex Sample.
Publisher: Judson Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Valley Forge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780817010294
Subjects: Church work with the working class.
Description: How is the church ministering to the needs of men and women who work on assembly lines and in machine shops? Not always very effectively, concludes Sample, who draws his deep understanding of the working-class community from the personal experiences of one who "has been there." Sample challenges churches that want to develop a relevant ministry to abandon their stereotypical images of working-class people and to cultivate a sensitive response to blue-collar needs. - Amazon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Who is blue-collar America?; title: Part one : The religion of winning and the reality of losing.; title: The religion of winning; title: The reality of losing; title: The experience of losing; title: Part two : Blue-collar life-styles.; title: Blue-collar winners; title: Blue-collar respectables; title: Blue-collar survivors; title: Blue-collar hard living; title: Part three : The church and the blue-collar American.; title: The religious participation of blue-collar people; title: The church and the blue-collar American; title: The pastor as ward heeler; title: Part four : Community organization and the blue-collar American.; title: The blue-collar American and community organization; title: The church and community organization