Like my Urbanmin website, this blog was developed out of a neccessity to provide a balanced outlook for urban ministry today. The reality of urbanization (people moving to the cities, must be realized. More than 50% of the earth’s population lives in today’s cities. By 2025, the urban setting will have 65% of the world’s population. The city boundaries are blurring and technology has further complicated the distinct lines that used to exist between ruarl and urban. Cities are growing demographically and geographically. The reality of urbanization coupled with globalization makes urban ministry a must for all those who desire to truly follow the Great Commission.
This site is designed to provide resources for students, educators, and those in the trenches. Biblical Urban Ministry is more than meeting social needs alone or working toward a place where peace, or shaloam, can be found. It is more than simply social justice and reconcilation. Nor is it simply having the church doors open or handing out a tract. Urban Ministry from a biblical worldview must provide people reconciliation with their Creator through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ without negating the sociocultural needs or missing the opportunity to take care of “the least of these.”
(My website is currently on hold as I have developed an urban minsitry website for the Dehoney Center for Urban Minsitry Training at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Check it out: www.urbanministrytraining.com or www.urbanministrytraining.org)
