Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize - Penwell, Derek
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Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize chronicles Jesus's radical ministry in the face of conventional wisdom-and how it succeeded. Penwell shows why that kind of ministry is sorely needed today and the political, social, and organizational lessons to be learned from Jesus's radically different ministry.

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Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize chronicles Jesus's radical ministry in the face of conventional wisdom-and how it succeeded. Penwell shows why that kind of ministry is sorely needed today and the political, social, and organizational lessons to be learned from Jesus's radically different ministry.
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Derek Penwell is an author, speaker, pastor, and activist. He is the senior pastor of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky and a former lecturer at the University of Louisville in Religious Studies and Humanities. Derek has a Ph.D. in humanities from the University of Louisville, and is the author of articles ranging from church history to aesthetic theory and the tragic emotions. He is also the author of The Mainliner's Survival Guide to the Post-Denominational World, from Chalice Press, about how mainline denominations can avoid despair in an uncertain world. His newest book, Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize (Chalice Press, 2019), focuses on understanding the political nature of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection as a model for forming communities of resistance capable of challenging oppression in the pursuit of peace and justice. He is an activist and advocate on local, state, and national levels on issues of racial justice, LGBTQ fairness, interfaith engagement, and immigrant and refugee rights.