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Urban Mission

Cities

Cities

Cities are crucially important for the human future and for world mission. Half the world now lives in cities. Cities are where four major kinds of people are most to be found: (i) the next generation of young people; (ii) the most unreached peoples who have migrated; (iii) the culture shapers; (iv) the poorest of the poor.

A) We discern the sovereign hand of God in the massive rise of urbanization in our time, and we urge Church and mission leaders worldwide to respond to this fact by giving urgent strategic attention to urban mission. We must love our cities as God does, with holy discernment and Christlike compassion, and obey his command to ‘seek the welfare of the city’, wherever that may be. We will seek to learn appropriate and flexible methods of mission that respond to urban realities.

From the Cape Town Commitment - Part 2, Section IID, 4

Recent Responses

These are great points. The fact that Christ did not call us to plant churches but simply to "be the church" and multiply...make disciples means…
mcstrickland - 08.05.2013
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Christian Clubbing is a real issue in the American church right now. I think that you are exactly right to suggest that church planting has…
mcstrickland - 07.05.2013
In Response To: 3 Perverted Church Planting Motives
And if your church loses its evangelistic edge and shifts to more of a club mentality, what will you be willing to do? 
Cody_Lorance - 07.05.2013
In Response To: 3 Perverted Church Planting Motives
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Resources

International Church:  Some Unique Features or a Case of Simple Semantics
International Church: Some Unique Features or a Case of Simple Semantics
By Sadiri Joy Tira | Canada
Blog
Topics: Cities, Diasporas
11 Practices of a New Jesus Movement
11 Practices of a New Jesus Movement
By Andrew Jones | United States
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Topics: Cities
3 Perverted Church Planting Motives
3 Perverted Church Planting Motives
By Cody C. Lorance | United States
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Topics: Leadership Development, Evangelism Training, Cities
Manila International Missions Conference (MIMC) 2011:  A Case of Regional Indigenous Missions
Manila International Missions Conference (MIMC) 2011: A Case of Regional Indigenous Missions
By Sadiri 'Joy' Tira | Canada
Article
Topics: Unreached People Groups, Diasporas, Cities
Workplace Evangelism: Part 3
Workplace Evangelism: Part 3
By John Boland | United States
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Topics: Workplace Ministry, Unreached People Groups, Cities

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