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The Sound of Worlds Colliding (2010) is a collection of Servants' stories from ministry in the slums over the last 25 years.  Edited by Kristin Jack, the book provides a comprehensive portrait of our lives and work amongst the poor.  Philip Yancey says this about The Sound of Worlds Colliding: "You say you care about the poor. Then tell me, what are their names?" asked Gustavo Gutierrez. This book introduces us to the poor, their stories as well as their names. I felt a collision with my own world as I read these gripping accounts of life in the raw." Shane Claiborne has this to say, "This book is a call to join the groaning of creation, and to trust in the triumph of the resurrection. It is a reminder that in the end, love does indeed win - but first love suffers with those who suffer."

'The Urban Halo' by Craig Greenfield (Authentic Media 2007). The Urban Halo was written in the final days before Craig and Nay Greenfield and their two children were evicted from the Cambodian slum they lived in for several years, to challenge conventional thinking on the needs of millions of orphans around the world and offer a creative new alternative. It is the story of their community, the orphans they met there, and the new paradigm in orphan-care that was birthed and now reaches hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS... Read more on the official Urban Halo website.

'The New Friars: the emerging movement serving the world's poor' by Scott Bessenecker (IVP 2006). There's a significant movement going on throughout the world: young people serving in solidarity with the poorest of the poor. This movement shares values and goals with ancient monastic and missional orders known as friars. But pouring yourself out in humble service looks different in every era. Scott Bessenecker looks at the new friars in the context of the old, inspiring us to look at the world differently: every person, regardless of station, is our brother or sister, and our love for God must translate into love for them. The book looks at 5 "New Friar" organizations, including Servants.

Costly Mission: following Jesus into neighbourhoods facing poverty' by Michael Duncan (UNOH Publications 2007). Michael Duncan, former Servants Manila Team Leader, offers this candid personal story of mission in the slums. He speaks honestly of the struggles of an urban missionary and reminds us that such a calling is costly at a personal level. If you are considering full-time urban ministry, you will want to read this before setting out; if you are already engaged in mission, this is a helpful reminder of the price you pay and the reward you receive.

'Companion to the Poor' (1990) by Viv Grigg. When Viv Grigg, the co-founder of Servants, entered the Manila squatter settlement of Tatalon in 1979, he knew what he wanted to do, but not how to do it. The need was obvious - to establish a Christian church among Asia's forgotten people, the impoverished slum-dwellers of its vast megalopolises. The challenge was to find a way that did not treat people's spiritual needs in isolation from their poverty, without simply becoming another economic or social relief program with no evangelistic component.

'Plan Be' by Dave Andrews (Authentic Media 2008). Plan Be rescues the Beatitudes from their obscurity as a poetic introduction to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and reframes them as a set of radical ‘Be-Attitudes’ that can enable us to ‘be the change we want to see in the world’. According to Dave Andrews, who is on the Servants Board of elders, the ‘Be-Attitudes’ are an original, imaginative and brilliantly do-able set of realistic ideals that introduce us to Jesus’ ingenious way of engaging our world of poverty and violence.  Visit the Plan Be website: www.wecan.be