Ethnycity

"... an important resource for all people interested in cross-cultural missions in North America. ... profiles on the most significant immigrant groups in metro New York. ... not New York City alone ... includes northern New Jersey, Long Island, parts of upstate New York, and parts of Connecticut."--back cover.

For many years, cross-cultural missions were directed to people in the countries of their birth, generally in Majority World areas. Foreigners present among or around the intended focus of ministry were not viewed as part of mission ministry. Diaspora missions focus on these peoples, who are now actually and virtually in more accessible places. This book will help you understand the dynamics behind this accelerated movement of peoples from one region to another, biblical principles and precedents that guide ministry today, the application of social and communication studies, and actual cases of ministry to and with diaspora peoples.

We are a kaleidoscope. Tiny pieces of glass. Combined, a beautiful pattern. Upside-Down Results shares the pattern God is making through the struggles believers have with family, freedom, function, and faith. Containing first-person accounts ̧ Upside-Down Results reveals that these struggles, when surrendered to Christ, become amazing and incredibly powerful stories of God’s love, redemption, and hope. With an upside-down view of family, you’ll find each person has his or her unique story and a place to belong, thrive, serve, love, and be loved.

Christians in the West are living among some of the least-reached people groups in the world and have the unprecedented opportunity to share the gospel with them. Here J. D. Payne introduces the phenomenon of human migration to the West and discusses how the Western church ought to respond.

It is common for scholarly and mainstream discourses on dual language education in the US to frame these programs as inherently socially transformative and to see their proliferation in recent years as a natural means of developing more anti-racist spaces in public schools. In contrast, this book adopts a raciolinguistic perspective that points to the contradictory role that these programs play in both reproducing and challenging racial hierarchies. The book includes 11 chapters that adopt a range of methodological techniques (qualitative, quantitative and textual), disciplinary perspectives (linguistics, sociology and anthropology) and language foci (Spanish, Hebrew and Korean) to examine the ways that dual language education programs in the US often reinforce the racial inequities that they purport to challenge.

DJ Disco Wiz was the first Latino on the scene that was already playing host to the legendary DJs Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc. He took Brooklyn by storm, praised for his innovative style and no-fear approach to DJ battles. Street life, however, was never far behind him and he was convicted of attempted murder at the age of 17 and sentenced to nine years in jail. In an inspirational work, he shares how he overcame his struggles and forcefully embraced an approach of love and self-determination.

In a 21st century pilgrim's progress, Chris Clayman takes us on a journey into God's Superplan. An encounter with Jesus propels Clayman from his American Christian middle-class lifestyle into an adventure with God that leads him from Texas to Cambridge University to Muslim West Africa, eventually leading him to discover God's global gateways to the ends of the earth through New York City. Clayman's journey of faith will challenge readers to live for God's story instead of their own, and experience for themselves how God uses ordinary disciples to accomplish the extraordinary. Book jacket.

In this book, the authors “revisit” two iconic Brooklyn neighborhoods, Crown Heights-Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint-Williamsburg, where they have been active scholars since the 1970s. Krase and DeSena's comprehensive view from the street describes and analyses the neighborhoods' decline and rise with a focus on race and social class. They look closely at the strategies used to resist and promote neighborhood change and conclude with an analysis of the ways in which these neighborhoods contribute to current images and trends in Brooklyn. This book contributes to a better understanding of the elevated status of Brooklyn as a global city and destination place.