The Rise of Metacities and Missions Strategy
April 27, 2010 – 2:25 pmDr. Albert Mohler provides an overview of a recent Financial Times report (”The Future of Cities,” April 7, 2010) discussing the emergence of new “metacities” with populations exceeding 20 million and consistent density throughout the area. The rise of these metacities, along with the overall move towards urbanization, necessitates an intentional focus on urban ministry in missions.
“Christians must look to this report with a sober acknowledgment that the church is falling further behind in the challenge of reaching the cities. The emergence of these vast new metacities will call for a revolution in missiology and ministry.
This much is clear - the cities are where the people are. In the course of less than 300 years, our world will have shifted from one in which only 3 percent of people live in cities, to one in which 80 percent are resident in urban areas.
If the Christian church does not learn new modes of urban ministry, we will find ourselves on the outside looking in. The Gospel of Jesus Christ must call a new generation of committed Christians into these teeming cities. As these new numbers make clear, there really is no choice.”
Read Mohler’s full overview here.
