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Foreword by Miroslav Volf Preface by LaVerne Stokes How are Christians to understand and respond to our distressed inner-city communities? Building on both the perspective of God's new creation and the view from the neighborhood, Mark R. Gornik's To Live in Peace shows how the life of the church, the strategies of community development, and the practices of peacemaking can make a transformational difference. Centering the book is the story of Baltimore's New Song Community Church, a church that stands as a witness to what can happen when the risks of the gospel are taken. Engaging with a wide range of theological and missiological perspectives, Gornik demonstrates how placing blame for the current conditions of life in the inner city on the residents themselves fails the test of critical analysis and the witness of Scripture. Yet his proposals also show ways that the church can work with the community to overcome structural obstacles to human flourishing. Read about New Song Community Church in The New York Times Magazine and these blog posts related to the book on EerdWord.

Mark R. Gornik is the director of City Seminary of New York, where he also codirects a national initiative, the Ministry in the City HUB. He was the founding pastor of New Song in Baltimore. His journey continues to be shaped by friendships and the movement of the Holy Spirit in Sandtown, New York, and cities across North America and around the world. Mark lives in New York City with his family.