{"id":7959,"date":"2018-06-27T08:40:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7959"},"modified":"2018-06-27T08:40:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:40:15","slug":"books-serving-god-in-todays-cities-or-in-a-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7959","title":{"rendered":"BOOKS: Serving God in Today\u2019s Cities &#8230; or in a Migrant Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: InterVarsity Press<\/p>\n<p>From <em>Operation World<\/em> creator Patrick Johnstone and collaborator Dean Merrill come two new books on topics that demand our attention: the shifting dynamics of today\u2019s global cities and the rise of the migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>First published in 2015 and 2016, and now republished by InterVarsity Press, <em>Serving God in Today\u2019s Cities<\/em> and <em>Serving God in a Migrant Crisis<\/em> are short, punchy books offering biblical perspective and practical advice. If I had to pick just one, I\u2019d recommend the cities book. Use the preview feature on Amazon to get a taste.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/operation-world-resources\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/operation-world-resources\">Visit the publisher\u2019s website<\/a> to learn more about both books and related titles. Looks like a long-awaited revised edition of the kid-friendly <em>Operation World<\/em> resource <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/window-on-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/window-on-the-world\">Window on the World<\/a> is also in the works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: InterVarsity Press From Operation World creator Patrick Johnstone and collaborator Dean Merrill come two new books on topics that demand our attention: the shifting dynamics of today\u2019s global cities and the rise of the migrant crisis. First published in 2015 and 2016, and now republished by InterVarsity Press, Serving God in Today\u2019s Cities and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7959\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOKS: Serving God in Today\u2019s Cities &#8230; or in a Migrant Crisis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7960,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959\/revisions\/7960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}