Article link: Riots in John Piper’s Neighbourhood, by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (from The Gospel Coalition US)
“John Piper didn’t have a grand vision for city revitalization when he moved in four decades ago. He just wanted to be able to walk to work, and thought it was more authentic to live in the same neighborhood as the church. Soon after, convinced that “presence matters,” he issued a call for Bethlehem members to join him. Within a decade, 400 of them had bought homes in one of the city’s worst areas…”
