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By Tim Keller | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Tim Keller discusses the importance of cities and megacities. He outlines why we must, how we can and why we can reach them. Download Options PC users: Right click a…
By Raineer Chu | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Ninety percent of the Church is urban poor, but the Church is ill-equipped to truly hear their needs. The problem is not poverty but greed. The solution is not legislation…
By Tim Keller | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Urban areas are fundamentally different than suburban and rural areas, but most churches are indigenous to non-urban areas. The gospel will reach urban areas only by churches that are contextualized…
By Dr Jose Da Silva | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
The church is not adequately prepared for the mass migrations to the cities that we are seeing today. The problems in urban areas cannot be solved by government but are…
By Lex Loizides | Article
Urban Mission and Reconciliation – Jubilee Community Church Since the birth of the new South Africa in 1994, the country has been affectionately referred to as the Rainbow Nation. This…
By Various | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session…
By Emmanuel M. Luna | Blog
A Case on Transformational Urban Mission: The Community Development Program of the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church[1] Increasing urbanization presents a major issue of concern in Ethiopia, given the rapid urbanization…
By Rod Green | Article
The strategic power and potential of cities was clearly demonstrated by Paul’s strategy of focusing on urban evangelism in his journey from to Athens, to Corinth, to Ephesus, to Rome.…
By Dr.Emmanuel M. Luna | Blog
Contextualization of the Word in a Diverse World The world has grown dramatically that could be unimaginable among those who lived one thousand years ago. In the year 1000, the…
By Tim Keller | Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper
Editors’ Note: This is an advance paper for Cape Town 2010, written as an early draft of the content to be discussed at the evening plenary session on “Megacities,” and…
By Samuel Escobar | Article
In 50 years as missionaries, my wife and I have become familiar with immigration laws and offices in the countries where we served: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the United States and…
By Emmnauel M. Luna | Blog
THE FLOOD, Then and Now Emmanuel M. Luna, Ph. D. Professor of Community Development University of the Philippines Let me start this conversation with an experience: September last year, my…
