Reaching the city
Subtitle: reflections on urban mission for the 21st century
By: edited by Tereso C. Casiño, Gary Fujino, and Tim Sisk
Publisher: William Carey Library
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pasadena, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780878080397
Subjects: City missions
Description: "Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century. Rapid urbanization and globalization processes worldwide have changed the landscape of our times. In Asia and Africa the number of urban dwellers increases by an average of one million per week, according to the United Nations. More than half of the globe's seven billion human beings now live in cities. These realities have far reaching implications for mission in urban contexts at the start of the third millennium. Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century seeks to address the missiological challenges associated with this new world order. Each author in this collection respectfully builds upon the significant contributions of seminal writers such as Ray Bakke, Jacques Ellul, Basil of Caesarea and others, while making new and creative proposals for urban mission in our world today. Beginning with the bigger picture of the global challenges of urbanization, and moving through theological, historical, and educational perspectives, this volume concludes with a rich bevy of case studies engaging these new realities of both North American and international cities to encourage a missional thrust to reach these communities." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.