Cross the Line: Reclaiming The Inner City For God

In the Bible, the prophet Jonah turned his back on the city of Ninevah. In this book, Bishop McKinney compares the inner city with Ninevah and challenges the modern day Jonahs to turn their time and talents toward the troubles inner city. With three decades of ministry in San Diego, McKinney presents church leaders and lay people with illustrations of how God is blessing the inner city. Cross the Line will show you how to safely and effectively cross racial lines and social lines to minister and learn from real people in the city.SATAN BUILT THE WALLS. He drew the line around the inner city with walls of fear, racism, rebellion, and rage. But, there is a dividing line. By showing love, and learning to trust God, we have the choice to authoritatively Cross The Line.In the inner city, our neighborhood had ten murders in the month of January 1997. Some were just innocent victims. Plus there’s other violence—gang assaults, domestic explosions—and drug sales and use everywhere. By all defin