Doug Logan - On the Block: Developing a Biblical Picture for Missional Engagement

This book isnt theoretical. Its not filled with simply good ideas and insight. Its a clear and compelling call to consider what it means to be the people of God in the midst of a severely broken and battered world. Doug Logan is a practitioner and a theologian, a helpful guide.

MATT CHANDLER

Lead Pastor, The Village Church

In the tradition of Jesus and Paul, Pastor Doug Logan falls in the category of, Dont know how to label him. He can be found one day in a robe preaching at a Presbyterian church, and the next out on the block in Camden conversing with the homies. He incarnates a robust orthodoxy with a well-worn orthopraxy, all of which bleeds through the pages of this book. I hope this is one of just many more offerings to come from his hand.

BRYAN LORITTS

Lead Pastor, Abundant Life

Author, Saving the Saved

What an insightful and helpful book! On the Block brims with integrity, authenticity, practicality, and hope because Doug Logan is not first a church theoretician; he is first a pastor in one of Americas most broken cities. As I read, I was lovingly provoked, rebuked, and challenged, and you will be too. This is a book for such a time as this, written by a man who lives the missional gospel he writes about. If youre a pastor, this book may just change some of your fundamental assumptions about the ministry to which youve been called. Read On the Block and then go out and live it. Youll be glad you did.

PAUL TRIPP

President, Paul Tripp Ministries

Author of Dangerous Calling

Sentness is not simply a suggestion for something we should do but a command that shapes the way we are called to live. Doug, in a simple yet compelling way, paints a powerful portrait of what a sent life looks like on your city block or neighborhood cul-de-sac.

CHAN KILGORE

Lead Pastor, CrossPointe Church, Orlando

Acts 29 Florida Regional Director

On the Block is theology meets missiology meets practicality. It is Jesus on the streets from a street smart and real life guy who, while he could give you a missiological treatise on the gospel, instead shows you through precept and everyday living what it looks like to live on mission for Jesus individually and as a church.

TOMMY KIEDIS

Senior Pastor, Spanish River Church, Boca Raton, FL

On the Block is a challenging call to join God in responding to the needs of our communities. Doug Logan shares not only a strong biblical reason, but many heartwarming as well as heartbreaking stories of ministering in a difficult city. This is a book that not only every church planter should read, but anyone serving to bring the gospel to a lost world.

RON TOBIAS

Director of Church Planting Ministry, Spanish River Church, Boca Raton, FL

On the Block is a call to a ministry of action not just words. Doug Logan contextualizes in a very meaningful and pragmatic presentation how to carry out urban ministry through gospel eyes.

VICTOR D. FIGUEROA

Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Camden

Pastor Logans adaptability principles for success in urban ministry are built upon a sentness responsibility that requires us all as Christians to seek Gods called people all the days of our lives. Like Pastor Logan I am a Christian and I am not unfamiliar with or scared of the urban context; I grew up in Camden and have chosen to work there, but this reminder of my sentness obligation as an active participant in the change of this city makes me uncomfortable. Thank you Pastor Logan for turning my focus to missional engagement as a core component of Christian identity.

MANNY DELGADO

Former Executive Director of the Cramer Hill Community Development Corporation; Chief Operations Officer / Lead Person at Leap Academy University Charter School

2016 by
DOUG LOGAN

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Logan, Doug, author.

Title: On the block : developing a biblical picture for missional engagement / Doug Logan.

Description: Chicago : Moody Publishers, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016029566 (print) | LCCN 2016032637 (ebook) | ISBN 9780802414724 | ISBN 9780802414724 ()

Subjects: LCSH: Witness bearing (Christianity) | Evangelistic work. | Missions.

Classification: LCC BV4520 .L555 2016 (print) | LCC BV4520 (ebook) | DDC 269/.2--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016029566

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