Following the Jesus in the Underside of Megalopolises Encarnação – Portuguese for the Ancient Principle of the Incarnation the Modern Reality of Global Urbanization and Poverty

The Heart of the Great Commission Luke 4:18, 19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. (central passage in Luke, Acts, refers back to the Servant Songs of Isaiah and the Jubilee of Leviticus)

The Power of the Spirit The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me The Centrality of Proclamation to preach good news The Focus of Ministry to the poor.

The Holistic Style and Context of Proclamation He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, The Goal of Justice to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. (The eternal jubilee, the year of redistribution). Conversion and church growth are intermediate goals not end goals.

The Greatest Migration in History ½ the world is urban beginning the urban century From 19-95% of these cities are urban poor slum dwellers, squatters, favelados 2 billion people have migrated to the cities in the last decades All rural population increase has been moving to the cities Most responsive mega-people Group whether Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, animists Left behind old gods Looking for new social relationships

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. gloryWe have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, gracetruth.Full of grace and truth.

Cities Up the Ganges NAME OF CITYPOPULATION ('95 EST) NO. OF CHURCH MAJOR LANGUAGE NATURE OF CITYRELIGIOUS MAKEUP Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 982, /58,000 HindiEducational Center Hindus 60% Muslims 35% Christians 2% Evangelical 0.1% Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh 700, /35,000 Hindi Batala, Punjab110, /5,500 Hindi, Urdu50%? Muslim, 50% Hindu Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 1,469, /33,000 Hindi, UrduIndustrial Christians Chandigarh, capital Punjab & Hariyana 1,138, /45,000 PunjabisBeautiful Only planned city 1000 believers Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 1,253, /50,000 Hindi Punjabi Marathi Educational Center 70,000 Christians, 30% in churches Jaipur, Rajasthan2,000, /77,000 Hindi (Marawi) Sindi, Madrassi City of Temples1000 believers Christians Jalandhar, Punjab600, /85,000 HindiProducer of Sports Goods Delhi, capital of India 10,857,000 34% slums 300 1/36,000 HindiPower centre, Administrativ

Five Phases to Global Urban Evangelization Phase 5: Transformation of the cities Phase 1: Mobilization of teams of cross cultural missionaries to the slums of the 200 mega-cities and 1700 least evangelized cities 40 cities, 400 workers, perhaps 1200 globally Phase 2: Pioneering initial churches in the slums of each city Manila, Lima, Mumbai, Delhi, etc Phase 3: Indigenous leadership and movements of ,000 in each city Latin movements, movements in some African cities 677 in Manila’s slums Phase 4: Transformation of some slums

Undergraduate Level: Urban Poor Church-planter’s Training Informal consultations, diplomas, leading to a BA MD430 Ministry Development Practicum (8) Numbers in brackets represent 1 unit= 30 course hours including teaching, study, activities Teaching for each unit is about 2 x 8 hour CDRom modules * Indicates optional courses