Review
"I warmly welcome this book." - Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom `Micah's Challenge does not simply provide a scriptural and theological basis for why global poverty is our responsibility. It equips us to act on these issues, challenging us to take seriously our part in this global campaign. Read it and expect to be changed!' - Tony P. Hall, US Ambassador to the United Nations
Product Description
“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 Micah's Challenge is a global Christian campaign aiming to deepen the engagement with impoverished and marginalized communities; and to challenge international leaders and leaders of rich and poor countries, to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and so halve absolute global poverty by 2015! This is Micah’s challenge to Israel in his day and to the church in our day. God called them and us to act with justice, mercy and humility in dealing with the poor. This book pulls together prophetic voices from Jim Wallis to Tony Campolo and from Ronald Sider to Rene Padilla and Joel Edwards to explore the theological, ethical and practical dimensions of Micah’s challenge.
About the Author
Marijke Hoek is co-ordinator of the Forum for Change, which aims to bring together prayer, strategic thinking and action in media, education, arts, politics, sports and business. The Forum is facilitated by the Evangelical Alliance in the UK. Her Master in Applied Theology and PhD from Regents Theological College concerned the topic of suffering and weakness, and the role of the Spirit pertaining to these matters. Originally from the Netherlands, Marijke emigrated to Manchester in 1989. Justin Thacker (PhD, King's College London) is the head of theology at the Evangelical Alliance in the UK. His first book, Postmodernism and the Ethics of Theological Knowledge was published by Ashgate in 2007. He lives in the UK.
