Publisher's Synopsis
This book describes the inner city, how urban impoverished residents live, what causes the environment in which they live, how and why it affects us all, and what it will take to improve that environment. These descriptions and principles apply to all urban ethnic groups, not just urban African Americans. It is not a travel log of one person's decade of ministry among the urban poor but includes some personal experiences as illustrations. Deep within the ever-growing mass of humanity in any large American city is a culture unknown or misunderstood. Learn what life in the hood is really like, why conditions are as they are, how it is changing and how it resists change, what will be required to make lasting improvement, and who should be involved.
