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Cities Aren’t All Alike: The Common and Contrasting Urban Context of the Christian Global Mission
More InfoAuthor: Francis M. DuBose
Written in 1984, Francis DuBose wrote this prescient piece noting the importance of cities in global missions engagement.
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Cities as Gift and Fallen Places, Judgment and Hope: A Biblical Theology of the City
More InfoAuthor: Michael D. Crane
Cities have always been the centerpiece in our conceptions of society. The Bible says a lot about cities past, present, and future that warrants our attention. With well over a thousand uses of the word “city” in the Bible (and even more references to cities by name), the city emerges as a theme running through the biblical meta-narrative. Although a city in the Old Testament looks significantly different than our towering cities of today, there are shared basic components calling us to study the urban theme in the Bible as we examine our cities today. A biblical theology of the city is imperative to understanding how the church engages cities in our day.
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Conakry Data Profile
More InfoAuthor: Radius Global Team
A City Data Profile simplifies complex data by visualizing information and insights in a way that is easy to understand and use for decision-making. Though far from exhaustive, each profile displays up-to-date statistical indicators providing key insights into the demographic and socio-cultural dynamics of a city.
Conakry, Guinea
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Conversations on Economic Discipleship: Our Response to Kingdom Economics
More InfoThis resource provides simple tools and motivation for church leaders to initiate economic discipleship training with their people, including theological content to preach from the pulpit.
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Dakar Data Profile
More InfoAuthor: Radius Global Team
A City Data Profile simplifies complex data by visualizing information and insights in a way that is easy to understand and use for decision-making. Though far from exhaustive, each profile displays up-to-date statistical indicators providing key insights into the demographic and socio-cultural dynamics of a city.
Dakar, Senegal
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Delhi Data Profile
More InfoAuthor: Radius Global
A City Data Profile simplifies complex data by visualizing information and insights in a way that is easy to understand and use for decision-making. Though far from exhaustive, each profile displays up-to-date statistical indicators providing key insights into the demographic and socio-cultural dynamics of a city.
Delhi, India
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Dhaka Data Profile
More InfoAuthor: Radius Global
A City Data Profile simplifies complex data by visualizing information and insights in a way that is easy to understand and use for decision-making. Though far from exhaustive, each profile displays up-to-date statistical indicators providing key insights into the demographic and socio-cultural dynamics of a city.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Emerging Global Cities and the Tilt of Influence
More InfoAuthor: Michael D. Crane
Throughout history, the building of great and influential cities has symbolized global influence and power. Cities are a global phenomenon and have been since the rise of civilization. With the rise of urbanization, it is not merely influence wielded through power, but also through population.
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Engage Global Diasporas for Glocal Missions
More InfoAuthor: Juno Wang
Globalization provides us with the opportunities to evangelize and disciple global diasporas who live in our community. We can share salvation openly with global diasporas, particularly with people who are from the restricted countries. As the world has become glocal, so must our missions.
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Equipping the Transient for Ministry in a Global City
More InfoAuthor: Michael D. Crane
There are a number of large cities here in Southeast Asia that have become transit points for asylum seekers, refugees, and migrant workers. Millions of these transient peoples are eking out a living in big, economically prosperous cities like Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Bangkok. Many of them leave their home countries either to find some kind of work or to escape oppressive circumstances. It is becoming normal in these cities to be foreign. A ray of hope for those who are Christians living in such vulnerability is their church community. But there is a problem. There aren’t enough people who are equipped to start churches or lead them. In this article we will explore some of the obstacles and opportunities in equipping the transient for fruitful ministry while they are living in a global city.
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Ethnic-City: Inter-Ethnic Church Planting Among Unreached People Groups in World Cities
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Expanded Conversation: Postmodern City
More InfoIn this chapter 14 of The Spirit of Christ and the Postmodern City, Viv Grigg explores the worldview impact of postmodernism on urban life and offers theological analysis.
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Gentrification Gone Global
More InfoAuthor: Michael D. Crane
In this chapter, as we examine issues of gentrification from a global perspective, we hope to achieve three things: push and stretch the definition of gentrification, articulate some of the issues and obstacles related to gentrification in the cities of Malaysia, and address opportunities and challenges facing urban dwellers of Malaysia. An accurate account of gentrification trends and issues around the world is not possible in this chapter. My goal is simply to broaden the conversation on gentrification by highlighting the realities in Malaysia’s conurbations (urban areas).
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Global Cities Outlook (June 2020)
More InfoAuthor: Oxford Economics
Chinese cities lead recovery but Indian cities look stronger to 2035.