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In 'No Wastelands: How to grow seedbeds of Shalom in your neighbourhood, ' Ash Barker shares his personal odyssey of serving on the front line of urban poverty on three continents. Through stories, scriptures, and insights, Ash challenges readers to release the unique potential of their local communities and see lasting change happen. This book is for those who deeply love their neighbourhoods but feel stuck, as well as those just beginning their local adventures and suspect more is possible. Let Ash's experiences spark your imagination, values, practices, and strategies to grow seedbeds of shalom in your own neighbourhood.
The book includes:
- prompts for personal reflection and group discussion;
- practical exercises to try for yourself and your neighbourhood.
Ash Barker
Ash Barker has served the poor for nearly twenty years. He is the founding director of Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH), a missionary order founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1993 to work among the poor. Since 2002, Ash and his family have been involved with planting UNOH's first overseas community in Klong Toey, the largest slum in Bangkok, Thailand.
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