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Chapter 1. Biblical foundations...for a holistic approach in mission
The Old Testament worldview - The Genesis of holism -- An intrinsic interrelationship -- The poor and the law - the land and the people -- Worship - its relationship to justice and judgment -- The great commission and the great commandment - where do they meet? -- The ministry and message of reconciliation -- Some honest concerns and differences -- The mission of the church -- An evangelical theology of liberation -- Contextualizing missions - toward a people-centered approach -- Dichotomy in ministry - a type of spiritual apartheid! -- Program-centered approaches - spiritual fragmentation -- Contextualizing - a holistic approach! -- Characteristics of a holistic approach -- Holistic or whole(istic) --

Chapter 2. Needs and satisfiers...classifying and considering values
Classifying ministry approaches -- From relief to transformation - classifying concepts -- Defining some terms -- Some principles in determining the classification of human need responses -- Beyond apparent needs to potential opportunities -- Self-reliance must be at the center of developmental or transformational ministries -- Top down or bottom up? -- Reconciling external promotion with external initiatives -- Quality of life and human values --

Chapter 3. Cross-cultural ministries...Communicating concepts through words and actions
Cross-cultural communications in the context of transformational ministries -- Concepts for cross-cultural communication -- How communication networks multiply to create problems --

Chapter 4. The ministering church...problems and possibilities
The bottom line! -- Preparing for the future -- Some facts to be faced as churches move beyond A.D. 2000 -- The scope of ministry -- Some areas of essential need and primary opportunity for ministry -- Other issues to be considered -- Defining the role for churches relating to human need ministries -- Defining the role of incarnational agents -- The local church ministering -- Developing a church ministry assessment -- Resource assessment -- Personnel - skills and gifts inventory -- A cooperative local church project Model - SOWETO -- The Southwest township (SOWETO) --

Chapter 5. Local facts and feasibility...surveying and appraising the possibilities
Essential research and fact-finding for project planning -- Background -- Sources of information -- General objectives of the project researchers -- Specific objectives of the project researchers -- Community field surveys -- Methodologies and procedure -- The feasibility study -- Questions that need to be raised -- The constraints to be considered --

Chapter 6. The project planning process...ideas for action
First thoughts -- Ideas for action -- Managing transformational projects -- Rules of thumb for transformational projects -- Transformational project - preplanning -- Strategic planning - the bottom line in problem-solving -- Problem solving - discovering the cause behind the symptoms -- Perception of need -- Problem-solving - the process -- The remote mountain village -- The action planning model -- Gather data -- Analyze data -- Get the objectives, goals, and write the action plans --

Chapter 7. Implementing and monitoring...tracking the indicators and keeping on track
Performance monitoring -- Process monitoring -- The importance of determining the key issues to be monitored -- Framework for monitoring and evaluation of the project implementation process --

Chapter 8. Evaluation...process and impact
The what, why, who, and how of evaluation -- Three key words in effective evaluations -- Uses of evaluation -- The control group -- Evaluation guidelines and instruments -- General project evaluation guide --

Chapter 9. Primary health care...a new day, a new challenge
Introduction -- Some patterns of the past -- Value for money -- The challenge for the future of mission/church-based health care -- Health care guidelines -- Factors to be considered in identifying the target area -- Planning community health activities -- Deciding how to carry out priority activities -- A training curriculum for community health care workers --

Chapter 10. The unfinished task...bearers of fruit
Conclusion -- A new world order must be transformed world order --