Jesus Among the Homeless: Successful Strategies of Christian Ministers to the Marginalized
Ebook
Jesus Among the Homeless identifies the problem of homelessness and applies strategies based on scriptural principles as a solution. It contains testimonies of seasoned teachers, psychologists, and social workers describing effective strategies for outreaching to the addicted, abused, mentally ill, and homeless. This go-to manual written in simple and clear layman's terms is an invaluable asset for anyone ministering to the homeless.
“In this book, Wilma Mathis provides practical steps on how to reach out to women experiencing homelessness. Mathis’ years of experience overseeing groups in a Boston women’s shelter and her extensive biblical study of attitudes toward women who find themselves in poverty, on the margins of society, or cast out from their families form the basis of her approach. The development of transformational relationships with Christians is key to helping women in shelters discover a new life in Christ.”
—Sara Mitchell, Boston Community Chaplain Ministry
“As a Pastor who serves those in need, I recommend Jesus among the Homeless. From its profiles of marginalized biblical characters to its description of ministries that offer practical ideas for those new to ministry with the homeless, this book is a great resource for pastors and lay people serving at-risk communities!”
—Valerie Doering Crisman, co-pastor, Pilgrim Church
“For over thirty years I have successfully applied strategies based on scriptural principles to ministering to at-risk inner-city youth. As an African American Christian leader, I endorse Jesus among the Homeless for modeling strategies that heal the marginalized.”
—Yvonnette O’Neal, founder, Ambassadors Network Ministries
“Jesus among the Homeless details the successful program Mathis and her colleagues have created to help homeless and at-risk women through study of similar women in the Bible like Hagar, Ruth, and others to whom God reached out and whose lives God changed and includes suggestions how these ideas can be applied to anyone who needs their self-esteem raised, so that the hopeless can meet God, find God’s hope, and see their hearts and their situations improve.”
—William David Spencer, distinguished adjunct professor of theology and the arts, Gordon-Conwell Seminary
- Title: Jesus Among the Homeless: Successful Strategies of Christian Ministers to the Marginalized
- Authors: Wilma Faye Mathis, Julia C. Davis, Olga Soler
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666758900, 9781666758894, 1666758892, 9781666758887, 1666758884, 1666758906
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666758900
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-27T20:36:35Z
Wilma Faye Mathis holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in urban ministry, and an MDiv. Rev. Mathis has served the church as Christian education director and conducts a ministry to moms and other women (Mom2Mom). She serves as an Athanasian teaching scholar in William David Spencer’s theology survey course at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Boston Campus (CUME). She is a contributing author to An Artistic Tribute to Harriet Tubman; The Commission: Finding A Better Way; Black Girl Cry; and When Women Speak. She is an active conference speaker and preacher.