{"product_id":"real-hope-in-chicago-96808","title":"Real Hope in Chicago","description":"This dramatic account of urban church outreach is a model for racial reconciliation, urban-suburban church partnering, and practical Christian impact on a neighbourhood. 192 pages, from Zondervan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Wayne Gordon and his wife started a Bible study for high school kids in North Lawndale, Chicago, people warned them that a white couple moving into a black neighborhood as a recipe for disaster. That was twenty-five years ago. Today, what began as the Gordons' seedling Bible study has become the Lawndale Community Church. It has a staff of 150, has renovated more than 100 local apartments, has helped more than 50 young people graduate from college, runs a medical clinic that treated 50,000 patients in 1994, and has become a vital part of rebuilding an inner-city neighborhood into a community of faith and hope. Real Hope in Chicago is Wayne Gordon's inspiring account of how people, white and black, rich and poor, old and young, worked together to transform a decaying neighborhood into a place where love is lived out in practical and miraculous ways. It offers an exciting model for interracial cooperation, urban-suburban church partnering--and real hope for the inner cities of our","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51561454469407,"sku":"9780310205531","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780310205531_108526.jpg?v=1769136479","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/real-hope-in-chicago-96808","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}