Theirs Is the Kingdom - Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America

"A gripping discovery of God's grace where we least expect to find it—in the decaying core of the city." —Ronald A. Nikkel, president, Prison Fellowship International

"The story of Lupton's ministry is one of the most inspiring in America. Those of us who are trying to accomplish something of value in urban settings look to him and his co-workers as models." —Tony Campolo, author of Stories That Feed Your Soul

Urban ministry activist Robert Lupton moved into a high crime area of Atlanta intending to bring Christ’s message into the ghetto—but his humbling discovery of a spiritual life already flowering in the city’s urban soil forces the minister to reexamine the deepest parts of his own soul, confronting his own patronizing, materialistic attitudes and the biases he himself held against the urban poor.

What happens when serving the poor reveals your own spiritual poverty?

A Challenge to Traditional Charity: Lupton confronts his own “patronizing” attitudes and questions whether conventional methods of giving actually help or harm the urban poor. An Unflinching Christian Memoir: A raw, honest account of moving into a high-crime Atlanta neighborhood and discovering that the people he came to “save” had a faith deeper than his own. The Call to Downward Mobility: Discover a counter-cultural vision of the Christian life that trades the pursuit of success for the transformative power of servanthood and humility. Spiritual Growth in Unexpected Places: Join a journey of self-discovery that reveals how God uses the city, the poor, and our own brokenness to reexamine the deepest parts of our souls.