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Welcome to the Mission City podcast. Mission City is a podcast that explores the role of global cities in missions. We will be sitting down with a diverse group of people to discuss their work in the urban context, so that we can be equipped to better engage our cities.

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Episode 2 – Informal Settlements and Church Planting

Research suggests 1 out of 7 people in the world lives in an urban informal settlement (slum). Dr. Viv Grigg has been a pioneer in church planting in informal settlements through his own ministry experience and in mentoring many others to do the same.

Time stamps

  • 1:30 – Tell us a little about yourself
  • 4:48 – Can you describe the process of going to live in the slums?
  • 6:50 – What did you find the most challenging moving to a slum?
  • 12:30 – A story of being confronted with violence
  • 13:48 – The development of your organization
  • 21:40 – Community dynamics in slums
  • 23:13 – Church polity issues and three models of church in slums
  • 26:56 – What have you been involved in recently?
  • 30:41 – Urban poverty and how the church can step in
  • 32:22 – What’s need to address systemic poverty and injustice?
  • 35:47 – What are some resources you would recommend

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    Credits

    This episode was hosted by Michael Crane and produced by Radius Global Cities Network and Scott Slucher.

    Episode 1 – City Spotlight: Johannesburg

    Johannesburg is a leading city in Africa, the continent with the highest rate of urbanization in the world. Kurt Holiday shares from his 20 years in the city seeking to love the people of the city and serve the needs of the church there.

    Time stamps

  • 1:22 Kurt’s Story
  • 2:06 Tell us a little about Joburg
  • 4:43 Joburg’s influence
  • 9:50 What changes have you seen in Joburg?
  • 10:35 What is the spiritual climate of the city?
  • 12:20 How are you working to make a difference in your city?
  • 20:45 What have been some key challenges in your work?
  • 26:18 How do you minister to a closed-after-dark city?
  • 27:45 How have you seen God work unexpectedly?
  • 29:53 What lessons have you learned over the past two decades?
  • 32:22 What have you learned from experience, not in books?
  • 35:11 How is relationship essential to ministry in the city?
  • 40:25 What has sustained you over 20 years in Joburg?

    • Links

    Credits

    This episode was hosted by Michael Crane and produced by Radius Global Cities Network and Scott Slucher.
    The Mission City Podcast is a production of Radius Global Cities Network.
    Radius Global Cities Network