Ministry in a Multi-Cultural and Unchurched Society

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Mi n i s t r y i n a Mu l t i -Cu l tura l and Unchur ched Soc i et y

addition to the dichotomous discourse of theory and practice, there is the question of the appropriate place for teaching urban theological education. Is the isolated environment of campus-based theological education the best place to train leaders for the urban church? Tradi tional seminaries should recognize the opportunity to expand their curricula paradigm beyond the monastic ideal of the traditional classroom to the wider community” (Warren Dennis, Katie Day, Ron Peters. “Urban Theo logical Education: A Conversation about Curriculum” in Theological Education , Vol. 34, Number 1 (1997): 41-50).

5. Traditional theological training is usually not relevant to the cultural or social experience of many urban Christian leaders or inner-city churches.

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The Alphabet of Urban Mission: The ABC’s of 21st-Century Ministry among the Poor

II. A – Acknowledge the Spiritual Place, Presence, Peril, and Promise of the City.

A. Scriptures

1. Jon. 4.10-11 (ESV) – And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. [11] And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”

2. Matt. 9.35-38 (ESV) – And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. [36] When he saw the crowds,