Marty Troyer - The Gospel Next Door: Following Jesus Right Where You Are

If you ever paused to wonder whether or not God loved your city, your community, your street, your neighbors, Marty Troyers answer is an unequivocal YES! The world God loves, the one Jesus died for, is right under your nose, and you wont see it the same way after reading this book.

Margot Starbuck, author , Small Things with Great Love, and coauthor , Overplayed

Troyers The Gospel Next Door is a much needed work for the church, because it challenges us to be missional in our own backyards. This work gives believers a blueprint for how the gospel of justice can change not only our local communities but our walk with Yahshua through experiences of radical love.

Onleilove Alston, executive director, Faith in New York

The Gospel Next Door is an important read for everyone who takes Jesus teachings seriously. Troyer is a trailblazer, and this book contains practical examples of how believers can make an impact in their communities. Implement the principles in this book and start living out the kingdom here and now!

Dave Runyon, coauthor of The Art of Neighboring

Marty Troyer has taken on the enormous task of helping us reframe the story we tell about what it means to do the work of the kingdom of God. He does that by thoughtfully examining the Scripture in the context of the mission field of Houston and by casting the story as both personal and community transformation. He does that with a pastors heart and a prophets urgency. And he does it as a wise, thoughtful participant in what God is doing in one of our nations great cities. I highly commend The Gospel Next Door to you.

Jim Herrington, coauthor of Leading Congregational Change and founder of Faithwalking

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Troyer, Marty, 1976- author.

Title: The gospel next door : following Jesus right where you are / Marty Troyer.

Description: Harrisonburg : Herald Press, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016004643| ISBN 9781513800387 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781513801032 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Evangelistic work. | Communities--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Classification: LCC BV3790 .T687 2016 | DDC 248.4--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016004643

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture text is quoted, with permission, from the New Revised Standard Version, 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

Where indicated, Scripture taken from The Voice. Copyright 2008 by Ecclesia Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where indicated, Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Portions of are adapted from Marty Troyer, Vocation as Missional Engagement, The Mennonite , April 1, 2013. Used by permission.

THE GOSPEL NEXT DOOR

2016 by Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22802
Released simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press,
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 3R1. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016004643

International Standard Book Number: 978-1-5138-0038-7 (paperback)

International Standard Book Number: 978-1-5138-0103-2 (hardcover)

Printed in the United States of America

Cover and interior design by Merrill Miller

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Dedicated to the six hundred thousand children in Houston, including my own: Malakai, Clara, and Ruby. May you always know you are loved. Never stop believing that a better world is possible.