Mission Strategy In The City

Author : Enoch Jinsik Kim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498237345

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Mission Strategy in the City by Enoch Jinsik Kim Pdf

This book was written to suggest an appropriate mission strategy by identifying key issues that impact urban ethnicities through an urban socioanthropological lens. This book is based on the author's sixteen years of living in China, where he conducted missionary work in urban areas. The book discusses the author's interactions with enclaves of ethnic minorities who had recently arrived in the city after migrating from rural areas. The minorities' struggles to balance cultural assimilation and tradition preservation are highlighted throughout. The book explains that similar phenomena occur within Korean American communities in Los Angeles as well. Based on these observations, the author states that immigrants in many cities face similar social issues and find similar resolutions to them. Though there are many negative aspects to urban areas, readers will see some positive features of cities that can contribute to effective evangelism. The book highlights three main points: (1) Ethnic urban dwellers evolve into many more diverse ways than commonly thought. (2) Ethnic groups are actively choosing the future of their community types. (3) Modern cities create many new communication channels interethnically and also across social strata within ethnicities.

Author : Roger S. Greenway
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579105525

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Discipling the City by Roger S. Greenway Pdf

Author : Gary Fujino,Timothy R. Sisk,Tereso C. Casino
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780878089284

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Reaching the City by Gary Fujino,Timothy R. Sisk,Tereso C. Casino Pdf

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.

Author : Roger S. Greenway,Timothy M. Monsma
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801022302

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Cities by Roger S. Greenway,Timothy M. Monsma Pdf

As cities continue to expand, Christ calls the church to bring the gospel to these centers of population, culture, and political power.

Author : Ellen G. White
Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780828026659

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Ministry to the Cities by Ellen G. White Pdf

Jesus' admonition to "go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19, NIV) resonates in the hearts of those who love Him supremely. Every individual must be given the opportunity to choose between life and death. This volume is a call to action-a plea for believers to work for their Savior by bringing the gospel to the millions of people in the city, strategies, methods, selecting and training workers, and lessons from Scripture. Yes, the work will require much effort, especially in our day and age. But Ellen G. White doesnÆt mince words: ôDo not hover over the churches to repeat over and over again the same truths to the people, while the cities are left in ignorance and sin, unwarned and unlabored forö (The Upward Look, p. 274). Book jacket.

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310494195

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Center Church by Timothy Keller Pdf

Practical and Gospel-centered thoughts on how to have a fruitful ministry by one of America's leading and most beloved pastor. Many church leaders are struggling to adapt to a culture that values individuality above loyalty to a group or institution. There have been so many "church growth" and "effective ministry" books in the past few decades that it's hard to know where to start or which ones will provide useful and honest insight. Based on over twenty years of ministry in New York City, Timothy Keller takes a unique approach that measures a ministry's success neither by numbers nor purely by the faithfulness of its leaders, but on the biblical grounds of fruitfulness. Center Church outlines a balanced theological vision for ministry organized around three core commitments: Gospel-centered: The gospel of grace in Jesus Christ changes everything, from our hearts to our community to the world. It completely reshapes the content, tone, and strategy of all that we do. City-centered: With a positive approach toward our culture, we learn to affirm that cities are wonderful, strategic, and under-served places for gospel ministry. Movement-centered: Instead of building our own tribe, we seek the prosperity and peace of our community as we are led by the Holy Spirit. "Between a pastor's doctrinal beliefs and ministry practices should be a well-conceived vision for how to bring the gospel to bear on the particular cultural setting and historical moment. This is something more practical than just doctrine but much more theological than "how-to steps" for carrying out a ministry. Once this vision is in place, it leads church leaders to make good decisions on how to worship, disciple, evangelize, serve, and engage culture in their field of ministry—whether in a city, suburb, or small town." — Tim Keller, Core Church

Author : J. D. Payne,John Mark Terry
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441244826

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Developing a Strategy for Missions (Encountering Mission) by J. D. Payne,John Mark Terry Pdf

In this addition to the highly acclaimed Encountering Mission series, two leading missionary scholars offer an up-to-date discussion of missionary strategy that is designed for a global audience. The authors focus on the biblical, missiological, historical, cultural, and practical issues that inform and guide the development of an effective missions strategy. The book includes all the features that have made other series volumes useful classroom tools, such as figures, sidebars, and case studies. Students of global or domestic mission work and mission practitioners will value this new resource.

Author : Fateh Belaïd,Anvita Arora
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031356643

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Smart Cities by Fateh Belaïd,Anvita Arora Pdf

This edited volume discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy economics and policy, the chapters present wide range of high quality theoretical and empirical studies at the nexus of social, entrepreneurial, governmental and ecological transformation. The book covers a wide range of topics, with a view towards providing empirical evidence of the benefits of smart cities as well as practical frameworks for smart city initiatives. Topics discussed include: smart city transition pillars, innovation for smart and sustainable cities design and implementation, smart city governance, smart mobility within cities, and smart cities in emerging economies. This volume will be of use to students and researchers interested in resource economics, energy economics, sustainability, ICT, and governance, as well as policymakers working on smart city initiatives. This is an open access book.

Author : John R. W. Stott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Evangelistic work
ISBN : OCLC:903173658

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The Lausanne Covenant by John R. W. Stott Pdf

Author : Eckhard J. Schnabel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830879005

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Paul the Missionary by Eckhard J. Schnabel Pdf

Drawing on his monumental scholarly study Early Christian Mission (Volume 2), Eckhard J. Schnabel's gives us an overview of Paul's missionary practices, strategies and methods, and then weighs contemporary evangelical missiology and practice in light of Paul.

Author : John Smed
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802498793

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Prayer Revolution by John Smed Pdf

Are you praying constricted prayers or disruptive ones? Most prayers are constricted ones. They’re prayers that only focus on one part of the Lord’s Prayer: “give us our daily bread.” They’re usually focused on self and envision God as a heavenly caretaker. Disruptive prayers, on the other hand, are powerful, uncommon, and deeply biblical. They focus on God rather than self, seek to advance the kingdom, and submit all things to God. They are also prayed with a profound belief that prayer actually accomplishes something. When we pray disruptive prayers, that’s when the revolution begins. This book shows you how to equip leaders, fuel kingdom movements, and do real damage to the powers of darkness in the here and now. But most of all, discover how your own heart will be transformed as you begin to see how much bigger prayer, and God, is than you ever thought possible.

Author : Nuno Vasco Moreira Lopes
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030220709

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Smart Governance for Cities: Perspectives and Experiences by Nuno Vasco Moreira Lopes Pdf

This book provides theoretical perspectives and practical experiences on smart governance for smart cities. It presents a balanced linkage between research, policies and practices on this area. The authors discuss the sustainability challenges raised by rapid urbanization, challenges with smart governance models in various countries, and a new governance paradigm seen as a capable approach able to overcome social, economic and environmental sustainability problems. The authors include case studies on transformation, adaption and transfers; and country, regional, municipal contextualization. Also included are best practices on monitoring and evaluating smart governance and impact assessment. The book features contributions from researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field. Analyzes smart governance for cities from a variety of perspectives and a variety of sectors – both in theory and in practice Features information on the linkage between United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and smart governance Covers the connection between research, policies and practice in smart governance for smart cities

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Cynthia Long Westfall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608996551

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Christian Mission by Stanley E. Porter,Cynthia Long Westfall Pdf

How did a first-generation Jewish messianic movement develop the momentum to become a dominant religious force in the Western world? The essays here first investigate the roots of God's mission and the mission of his people in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism, specifically in the Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel. The contributions then discuss the mission of Jesus, and how it continued into the mission of the Twelve, other Jewish believers (in the Gospels, General Epistles, and Revelation), and finally into Paul's ministry to the Gentiles documented in the book of Acts and his epistles. These essays reach backward into the background of what was to become the Christian mission and forward through the New Testament to the continuing Christian mission and missions today.

Author : Mark Deakin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317981176

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Creating Smart-er Cities by Mark Deakin Pdf

Drawing upon the smart experiences of "world class" cities in North America, Canada and Europe, this book provides the evidence to show how entrepreneurship-based and market-dependent representations of knowledge production are now being replaced with a community of policy makers, academic leaders, corporate strategists and growth management alliances, with the potential to liberate cities from the stagnation which they have previously been locked into by offering communities: the freedom to develop polices, with the leadership and strategies capable of reaching beyond the idea of "creative slack"; a process of reinvention, whereby cities become "smarter," in using intellectual capital to not only meet the efficiency requirements of wealth creation, but to become centres of creative slack; the political leadership capable of not only being economically innovative, or culturally creative, but enterprising in opening-up, reflexively absorbing and discursively shaping the democratic governance of such developments; the democratic governance to sustain such developments. Drawing together the critical insights from papers from a collection of leading international experts on the transition to smart cities, this book proposes to do what has recently been asked of those responsible for creating Smarter Cities. That is: provide the definitional components, critical insights and institutional means by which to get beyond the all too often self-congratulatory tone cities across the world strike when claiming to be smart and by focussing on the critical role master-plans and design codes play in supporting the sustainable development of communities. This book was published as a special issue of Urban Technology.

Author : Sumesh Singh Dadwal,Hamid Jahankhani,Gordon Bowen,Imad Yasir Nawaz
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781837530229

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Technology and Talent Strategies for Sustainable Smart Cities by Sumesh Singh Dadwal,Hamid Jahankhani,Gordon Bowen,Imad Yasir Nawaz Pdf

Acknowledging the smart cities phenomenon not as a future goal but as an active part of our present, this book critically examines the strategies, business models, practices, tools, and actions needed to ensure that smart cities deliver the solutions they promise.