How Mercy Ministry in the Local Church Transforms Us All

Not Just a Soup Kitchen is an excellent "how to" book on local church mercy ministries. Written by David Apple, the director of the ACTS Ministry of Tenth Presbyterian in Philadelphia, and published by CLC Publications. The book gives excellent guidelines for the role of the deacon in a local church in mercy ministries. One chapter gives the excellent history of the biblical role of the deacon which was fully developed by the reformer John Calvin (what a tremendous encouraging historical example!). The guidelines for mercy ministries are exceptional and will be useful in all evangelical churches (dougnichols.blogspot.com). Wonderful illustrations of working with the needy. Great book. Available at clcpublications.com, cbd.com, wtsbooks.com, and for Nook/Kindle, amazon.com and bn.com.