Serving God in today's cities : Facing the challenges of urbanization /

For the first time ever, more people now live in cities than outside them. Cities offer both big headaches and vast opportunities, and agencies that once focused on rural work are increasingly turning their attention to urban centers. Join veteran researcher and missiologist Patrick Johnstone as... Full description

Main Author:	Johnstone, Patrick.
Other Authors:	Merrill, Dean.
Published:	Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2018
Subjects:	CITY MISSIONS. CITY CHURCHES.
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Table of Contents:

Eyes to see
The first urban century
Cities: headache or opportunity?
What God thinks of cities
Eight critical responses
Action 1: pray together
Action 2: exegete the city
Action 3: push against urban poverty
Action 4: reach out to diasporas
Action 5: form healthy churches
Action 6: confront sinful structures
Action 7: address real human pain directly
Action 8: embrace a wider vision
Greater things are still to come.

Serving God in today's cities : Facing the challenges of urbanization /

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