COMPANION TO THE POOR
Christ in the urban slums
By Viv Grigg. Authentic Media. 220 pages. £6.99
ISBN 1 932805 13 3
Viv Grigg is a New Zealander who worked in Manila, Philippines, in the 1970s and early 80s. He became deeply concerned for the plight of the urban poor living in crowded shanties with seemingly no hope.
He decided that the only real way to reach such people with the gospel was to live among the people in a slum area so as to understand and empathise with their situation. He describes in detail life in such slums with its problems, difficulties and trials.
