Resources for Urban Churches

Urban Mission 1983-1991

Published monographs

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  Christian Ethnics : Church Growth in Multicultural Britain" Smith.G.(1983) British Church Growth Association
  
  Sociological discussion of how ethnicity is defined in British society and in the Bible, and the implications for churches in a racist society.
  
  In the Inner City: How Can we Tell if God is at Work?" Smith.G.
  (1986) Handsel Press for British Church Growth Association
  
  Theological discussion about discerning the signs of the Kingdom of God in the urban church and world.
  
  Inner City Christianity: Some Sociological Issues" Smith G.
  (1988) published as MARC monograph no 17
  
  The urban church examined in the light of insights from sociology of religion.
  
  Smith, G & Driscoll, D (1984) "West Ham Church Life Survey"
  Document submitted to Archbishops Commission on Urban Priority Areas.
  
  Smith, G (1985) "West Ham Christians: 1984" summary of above
  Evangelical Coalition for Urban Mission
  
  Smith, G. (1986) "God's in E7" Evangelical Coalition for Urban
  Mission / British Church Growth Association
  
  "Equal Partners; Theological Colleges and Racism" with Raj Patel and Maurice Hobbs (1991) published by Community and Race Relations Unit, CCBI

Smith G. (1989) "Evangelicals and Liberation Theology" from
Christian Urban Resource Unit, University of Bradford

1996 "The Unsecular City" in Rustin & Butler "Rising in the East" London, Lawrence & Wishart (sorry I can't find the text of this but there is much of the data and argument in this presentation to the Marchant Seminar 1995)

Chapters in collections

"Community Development and Christian Mission" is one chapter in a book of essays in theology of community work from six practitioners. In "Changing the Agenda" (1989) British Council of Churches:

Entry on "City" in IVP's new Dictionary of Ethics and Pastoral Theology

Smith G. (2003), "The Christ of the Barking Road" in J.Vincent (ed) "Faithfulness in the City " published by Monad press, St. Deiniols Library, Hawarden, CH5 3DFand from 2011 a sequel from Preston : The Christ of Fishergate Hill by Greg Smith.. A contextual and Biblical Reflection

Smith G. (2004) "Building Community; within and without the walls of the church" in eds Eastman M. & Latham S. (2004) "Urban Church; a Practitioners Resource Book" London, SPCK, ISBN 0-281-05603- X

Urban Mission 'Grey literature'

Ecum In House Publications

A number of discussion papers and reports written by Greg Smith
include.

1) Biblical Bases of Socio-Political Action

2) Mission Audits: Resources for UPA Churches

3) Mission Audits: towards an appropriate methodology.

4) Base Communities: Models of Good Practice in Urban UK.

5) Mustard Seed Missions 1987
(a report on 17 local innner city evangelistic campaigns)

6) Crumbletown:  A role play exercise
looking at the politics of inner city housing.

7) Ray Bakke Tour 1987 ( A report on consultations in seven
British cities by Greg Smith & John Oliver)

8) Report on a visit to Singapore and Asia Theological
Association Urban Ministry conference.

9)"Christian Youth Work in Newham 1986" with Shirley Jackson

A report of the Newham Youth for Christ Survey of 86 churches.

10) Newham Churches and Homelessness (1990) report on NCRP's
pastoral care of the homeless working party. A summary popular
version called "Home Truths" is also available. Both from NCRP,
170 Harold Road, London E13 OSE.

Articles in Christian magaziners etc CITY CRIES and ECUM Bulletin :

I held partial editorial responsibilities for this magazine and
briefing notes on Urban Mission from 1987-91:

Articles published here by Greg Smith include:

Trends in Evangelical Urban mission the Last Ten Years. (Issue
No. 16 (1988)

Paranoia And Spiritual Warfare (Issue No 17 1988)

God's Heart for the City (Issue No 18 1989)

Third Way articles etc   All of these Third way articles are now archived and available on Google Books.

Red & Yellow Black & white (ethnic churches)  Third Way August 1984

Open letter to Brian Griffiths February 1986

The Newham Sect (Christians in politics) 1987  In Third Way October 1987 

Review article on Books about Liberation Theology July 1989

On insurance (1991)  In Third Way April 1991

You and Who Else (on concept and theology of community)  In Third Way Feb 1995

The Communities in Transition Project

 In 2005 I worked on this project for the Commission on Urban Life and Faith

 A folder containing documents from this project is available Here including