Research, Journal Articles & more

Articles & Other Publications related to Lafayette Urban Ministry
  • Distinguished Hoosier Award – Recipient: James D. Davidson, Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University (August 2007)
  • Hunger in the Hoosier Heartland. Charles Sargent, PhD, director, Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project; Joe Micon, executive director, Lafayette Urban Ministry; Frank Oliver – Lafayette Journal & Courier, David Calisch, Jerry Clark & R. Brent Smith, photographers (November 1993)
  • Increasing Church Involvement in Social Concerns: A Model for Urban Ministries. James D. Davidson, Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University; Ron Elly, Pastoral Counselor, Lafayette Pastoral Counseling Center & LUM executive director; Thomas Hull, Department of Supervision, Purdue University & LUM Board of Directors president; and Don Nead, Campus Pastor, University Church, Purdue University (Summer, 1979)
  • Limestone Prophets: Gauging the Effectiveness of Religious Political Action Organizations That Lobby State Legislatures. Joe Micon, Indiana State Representative & Lafayette Urban Ministry executive director (Winter 2008)
  • My LUM Kid Stories. Arwin Provonsha, PhD, Purdue University (December 2018)
  • Passing the Plate in Affluent Churches: Why Some Members Give More Than Others. James D. Davidson, Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University (December 2014)
  • Religious Stratification: Its Origins, Persistence, and Consequences.
    James D. Davidson, Purdue Sociology and Anthropology (December 2014)
  • The Lafayette Urban Ministry: A Model for Urban Ministries and an Evaluation of LUM (LUM Green Book). James D. Davidson, Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University; Ron Elly, Pastoral Counselor, Lafayette Pastoral Counseling Center & LUM executive director; Thomas Hull, Department of Supervision, Purdue University & LUM Board of Directors president; and Don Nead, Campus Pastor, University Church, Purdue University (September 1976)
  • The Liberal Arts & the Study of Religion at Purdue. James D. Davidson, Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University (February 2017)