The Need

The majority of the world’s population lives in cities, yet the population growth currently outpaces the growth of the church.

Cities are centers of profound potential and significant challenges. For centuries people have migrated to cities, attracted by the promise of opportunity and freedom. This brings diverse people, religions and customs into close proximity, creating wonderful opportunities and considerable complexities, especially as we think about how to reach the people in these cities with the gospel.

The great complexity of cities means that no one church, denomination or organization can reach an entire city with the gospel. Instead, it takes a gospel movement—different people and churches uniting under a common mission to share the gospel in every language, to every culture, and applied to all the challenges of city life. It takes hearts committed to unity and a spirit of collaboration, equipped with specialized training and resources, to reach such a place.