Urban Ministry and Cross-Cultural Ministry: Classic

In this classic episode, Dr. Darrell Bock and Christopher Brooks discuss the challenges and opportunities of urban ministries in diverse and ethnic neighborhoods.

About the Contributors

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Chris Brooks

PASTOR CHRISTOPHER BROOKSChris Brooks is the Senior Pastor at Woodside Bible Church in Metro Detroit. Woodside has fifteen campuses and sees nearly eleven thousand weekly worshippers. He is also the host of the national syndicated radio program, ‘Equipped with Chris Brooks’, which is heard on over 200 stations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Chris is the author ofKingdom Dreaming and Urban Apologetics and is contributing author to ‘A New Kind of Apologetics’, ‘Marriage: It’s Foundation Theology and Mission in a Changing World’, ‘The Flourishing Pastor’ and ‘Faith That Lasts: A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief’. He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Finance, completed his MA in Christian Apologetics at Biola University, and graduated from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Asbury Theological Seminary where he is studying the Integration of Economics and Theology. He and his wife, Yodit, are the proud parents of Christopher, Zewditu (Zoe), Cameron, Judah, Sophia and Christyana.

Darrell L. Bock

Dr. Bock has earned recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), is the author or editor of over 45 books, including well-regarded commentaries on Luke and Acts and studies of the historical Jesus, and works in cultural engagement as host of the seminary’s Table Podcast. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) from 2000–2001, has served as a consulting editor for Christianity Today, and serves on the boards of Wheaton College, Chosen People Ministries, the Hope Center, Christians in Public Service, and the Institute for Global Engagement. His articles appear in leading publications, and he often is an expert for the media on NT issues. Dr. Bock has been a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction; serves as a staff consultant for Bent Tree Fellowship Church in Carrollton, TX; and is elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas. When traveling overseas, he will tune into the current game involving his favorite teams from Houston—live—even in the wee hours of the morning. Married for 49 years to Sally, he is a proud father of two daughters and a son and is also a grandfather of five.