Utica, New York. That’s not a city that has a cool ring to it. Tell people you are going to Utica and watch the look on their faces. Why would anyone want to make disciples and plant churches there? Two reasons: unreached people groups and least-reached area. The world is […]
Urban
I recently wrote a post on the importance of doing our homework on upgs living in our neighborhoods. A failure to do this research is poor stewardship. Such omissions often mean we end up pouring more resources and people into reaching reached people groups. In this post, I want to […]
Knowing Utah: Another Excellent Example
Last week, I sent out a tweet sharing about a new resource that just came on-line. ethneCITY is something you need to check out, if you have not done so already. While there are a few (emphasis on few) web-based resources addressing the movement of the nations of the world, […]
ethneCITY
It is estimated that over the next 30 years, most of the world’s growth will be found in the urban areas. Consider the following realities of our urban world: By 2050, the world’s urban population is expected to be the same as the total global population of 2002. China is […]
Pressure Point #8 Growth of the Cities
I am excited and thankful to share that Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration, and Mission is now available! We live in the age of migration. 214 million people are presently living outside of their countries of birth. That is 3% of the world’s population. If this number represented a single […]
Strangers Next Door
I want to share with you some information on my next writing project. Pressure Points: Twelve Global Issues Shaping the Face of the Church is scheduled to be released this spring (Lord willing) with Thomas Nelson. This book addresses twelve of the most critical global issues influencing the advancement of […]