Kingdom Calling

Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good

By: Amy L. Sherman, Reggie McNeal (Foreword by), Steven Garber (Afterword by)

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Paperback | 18 November 2011

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Imagine the scenarios:

a CEO successfully negotiates a corporate merger, avoiding hundreds of layoffs in the process
an artist completes a mosaic for public display at a bank, showcasing neighborhood heroes
a contractor creates a work-release program in cooperation with a local prison, growing the business and seeing countless former inmates turn their lives around
a high-school principal graduates 20 percent more students than the previous year, and the school's average scores go up by a similar percentage

Now imagine a parade in the streets for each event. That's the vision of Proverbs 11:10, in which the tsaddiqim--the people who see everything they have as gifts from God to be stewarded for his purposes--pursue their vocation with an eye to the greater good.

Amy Sherman, director of the Center on Faith in Communities and scholar of vocational stewardship, uses the tsaddiqim as a springboard to explore how, through our faith-formed calling, we announce the kingdom of God to our everyday world. But cultural trends toward privatism and materialism threaten to dis-integrate our faith and our work. And the church, in ways large and small, has itself capitulated to those trends, while simultaneously elevating the "special calling" of professional ministry and neglecting the vocational formation of laypeople. In the process, we have, in ways large and small, subverted our kingdom mandate.

God is on the move, and he calls each of us, from our various halls of power and privilege, to follow him. Here is your chance, keeping this kingdom calling in view, to steward your faith and work toward righteousness. In so doing, you will bless the world, and as you flourish, the world will celebrate.

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"To me, this book is at the core of what kingdom living and engagement are all about. When the church in the West gets this, we are going to see transformation on an unimaginable scale. Solid theology, good stories and lots of practical application."

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Foreword	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 13
Introduction: The Glorious Vision of Proverbs 11:10	p. 15
Theological Foundations
What Does a Rejoiced City Look Like?	p. 27
What Do the Righteous Look Like?	p. 45
Why We Aren't the Tsaddiqim	p. 64
How the Gospel of the Kingdom Nurtures the Tsaddiqim	p. 77
Discipling for Vocational Stewardship
Integrating Faith and Work	p. 91
The Status Quo Is Inadequate
Inspiration	p. 101
Discovery	p. 116
Formation	p. 129
Pathways of Vocational Stewardship
Deploying Vocational Power	p. 143
Four Pathways
Pathway 1	p. 151
Bloom Where You're Planted
Pathway 2	p. 169
Donate Your Skills
Pathway 3	p. 183
Launch Your Own Social Enterprise
Pathway 4	p. 199
Participate in Your Church's Targeted Initiative
Conclusion	p. 223
Rejoicing the City
Afterword	p. 232
Key Theological Themes Undergirding Vocational Stewardship	p. 235
A Discussion Guide for Congregational Small Groups	p. 242
For Further Information	p. 245
Index of Profiles by Vocation	p. 246
Notes	p. 248
About the Author	p. 272
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