When the Lord's House Closes

Melvin Delgado is a prolific researcher and author who is interested in cities and the community assets within them. Delgado focuses on many of these assets in the nearly 40 books to his credit-the most recent of which include Sanctuary Cities, Communities, and Organizations: A Nation at the Crossroads (Oxford University Press, 2018), Urban Youth Trauma: Using Community Interventions to Overcome Gun Violence (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and Community Health Workers in Action: The Efforts of "Promotores de Salud" in Bringing Health Care to Marginalized Communities (Oxford University Press, 2020). In addition, he has written more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles. He recently retired from Boston University School of Social Work after over 40 years on the faculty.

Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Urban Community Practice Realm
Chapter 3: Social Forces Shaping Church Closings Trends
Chapter 4: The Black Church
Chapter 5: The Latino Church
Chapter 6: Boston Case Illustration
Chapter 7: Implications for Community Practice Research
Chapter 8: Implications for Community Practice Education
Chapter 9: Implications for Community Practice

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