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Global Urbanization

by Mark Kramer

The city of Lagos, Nigeria, which had a population of just over 10 million people in 1995, is projected by some to have over 24 million inhabitants by the year 2015. This same growth trend is recurring the world over. The implications for service and evangelism to the poor and church planting are immense.

The Urbanization of Our World
by Roger Greenway and Timothy Monsma

Megacities: Ready or Not
An interview with a Ray Bakke and Robert Linthicum, urban missions leaders with a vision for reconciliation and healing in the city.

Sorry ... The Frontier has Moved!
Viv Grigg describes the implications of the urbanization of our world for church planters.

The City and Unreached Peoples
An address given by Harvie Conn at Urbana 87

Home Economics
Statistics on housing density, cost and safe water availability around the world.

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