When the Lord''s House Closes - Church Repurposing and Urban Community Practice

When the Lord's House Closes examines the forces behind the increase in church closings and provides community-centric recommendations for repurposing church buildings. With a focus on cities and communities of color, Melvin Delgado's analysis highlights the rewards and challenges of urban church repurposing. With the aid of case studies, this book considers whether, and how, community needs and interests can be factored into decisions for how a closed church might be used.

List of contents

• Chapter 1: Overview


• Chapter 2: Urban Community Practice Realm


• Chapter 3: Social Forces Shaping Church Closings Trends


• Chapter 4: The Black Church


• Chapter 5: The Latino Church


• Chapter 6: Boston Case Illustration


• Chapter 7: Implications for Community Practice Research


• Chapter 8: Implications for Community Practice Education


• Chapter 9: Implications for Community Practice


• References

About the author

Melvin Delgado is a prolific researcher and author who is interested in cities and the community assets within them. Delgado focuses on many of these assets in the nearly 40 books to his credit-the most recent of which include Sanctuary Cities, Communities, and Organizations: A Nation at the Crossroads (Oxford University Press, 2018), Urban Youth Trauma: Using Community Interventions to Overcome Gun Violence (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and Community Health Workers in Action: The Efforts of "Promotores de Salud" in Bringing Health Care to Marginalized Communities (Oxford University Press, 2020). In addition, he has written more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles. He recently retired from Boston University School of Social Work after over 40 years on the faculty.

Product details

• Authors: Melvin Delgado, Melvin (Emeritus Professor of Social Work Delgado, Delgado Melvin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2024
• EAN: 9780197767887
• ISBN: 978-0-19-776788-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, RELIGION / Christian Church / Administration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Rural communities, Political science & theory, Social research & statistics, Political science and theory, Social research and statistics, Legal skills: advocacy, Advocacy