Smart Compassion
How to Stop "Doing Outreach" and Start Making Change
by Wesley Furlong
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Pub Date Feb 07 2017 | Archive Date Mar 07 2017
Description
When is doing good not good enough? When does “doing outreach” actually do harm? In the vein of When Helping Hurts, Wesley Furlong’s Smart Compassion calls Christians to strategic, prayerful, and biblically based approaches to compassion. With evangelical Anabaptist conviction and psychology-informed insight, Furlong guides readers through three aspects of smart compassion needed for the flourishing of families and neighborhoods: community empowerment, radical hospitality, and healing presence. Discover wise strategies that bring Jesus’ love to your neighbors. Shift your paradigm from fixing everybody’s problems to loving, listening, discerning, and responding. Learn to “suffer with” someone without burning out.
For anyone who wants to make a difference but doesn't know how, Smart Compassion offers a contagious vision and practical steps for real change.
Key Features:
- Definition of smart compassion and helpful tips for individuals and congregations to live it out
- Stories of churches learning effective ministry in their contexts
- Research-based strategies for community engagement
- Biblical rationale and steps for "suffering with" others
- Concrete advice for how to love, listen, discern, and respond to needs in your community
Advance Praise
"Smart Compassion captured my heart from the moment Furlong asks us to consider this central question of how to spend your life well on behalf of others. Through careful examination of Scripture and practical steps, he invites us to consider what 'doing better' looks like. A great read!" - Beth Guckenberger, cofounder of Back2Back Ministries and author of Start with Amen
"An exceptional integration of biblical Christian faith and Christ-like living. Furlong shows us the way to act on the prayer that Jesus gave us: We want your kingdom to come here and now, in this particular place and in me, as it is in heaven. If you really do want that prayer answered, read this book." - Richard Kriegbaum, president of Fresno Pacific University
"Smart Compassion puts love for one's neighbor into shoe leather. Our life in faith is to be relational, first with our Lord but in turn with all whom we meet. This is a stimulating read." - Myron Augsburger, president emeritus, Eastern Mennonite University
Marketing Plan
- Publicity strategy with bi-national sales channels including specialized promotions to target markets
- Author speaking and blogging tour, interviews, book excerpts, and targeted reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781513800394 |
| PRICE | $15.99 (USD) |
