Major Metros
Most cities have something unique about them, about their culture or needs, something that sets them apart. Below you'll find resources describing particular countries, regions and cities and the issues they face. Read through a few. You'll find that the urban centers of Nairobi and India and Cairo and others each possess joys and dilemmas found nowhere else.
Manila
Telling It On a Mountain
Father Ben Beltran ministers on "Smokey Mountain" in the slums of Manila.
Metro Manila: Great Growth and Great Challenges
by Ian C.H. Prescott
Africa
Looking at Some of Africa's Urban Challenges
by Harvie M. Conn
Distinctives of African Urban Ministry
by John J. Shane
Cairo
Loving the Urban Poor
An address given by Rebecca Atallah at Urbana 96
Nairobi
God's Daughters in the Darkness
Urban ministry in Kariobangi, a slum of 50,000 on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city
A Valley of Hope in Nairobi
by Clarice King
India
Family Coherence and Evangelization in Urban India
by Atul Y. Aghamkar
Mexico City
Urban Mission in Mexico City: A Changing Context
by Mariano Avila
Signs of Hope for Mexico City
by Paul Pretiz
Bangkok
Bangkok Church Planting: How to Get Started
by David Robinson
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