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 CommissionLuke 4:18, 19

• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto preach good news to the poor.

• He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisonersand 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 prisonersand 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-peopleGroup 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.

• We have seen his gloryglory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father,

• Full of gracegrace and truth.truth.

Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsPoor Churchplanting Missions

Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)

Kairos (Sao Paulo)

Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)

Lima

Manila

Servant-Partners

Viv & Urban Leadership Foundation

Manila 74-83

NZ 81-83Brazil 87-89

LA 85-86, 91-95

Calcutta 85-93

Portuguese

German

Korean

Spanish

Book Translation

English

Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsPoor Churchplanting Missions

Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)

& New Zealand Expansion (81-96) & New Zealand Expansion (81-96)

Kairos (Sao Paulo)

Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)

Lima

MexicoManila

Servant-Partners

Viv - Urban Leadership Foundation

Phnom PhenBangkok

CalcuttaDhaka

Delhi

SwitzerlandUK

Innerchange

Brisbane

Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsChurchplanting Missions

Brazilian and Latin Expansion Brazilian and Latin Expansion

Kairos (Sao Paulo)

Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)

Lima

MexicoManila

SpainPortugal

North Africa

Cabo Verde

Ecuador

Columbia

VenezuelaSenegal

CalcuttaBangladesh

Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsChurchplanting Missions

US Mission Expansion US Mission Expansion

Kairos (Sao Paulo)Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)

Lima

MexicoManila

Servant-Partners

Innerchange

Istanbul

Nairobi

Calcutta

Bangkok

Tegulcigalpa

Mumbai Phnom Phen

Caracas

LanchouXian

In process

Workers or Teams in place

North Africa

Cities Up the GangesNAME OF CITY POPULATION

('95 EST)NO. OF

CHURCHMAJOR LANGUAGE

NATURE OF CITY RELIGIOUS MAKEUP

Allahabad, UttarPradesh

982,000 171/58,000

Hindi Educational Center

Hindus 60%Muslims 35%Christians 2%Evangelical 0.1%

Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

700,000 201/35,000

Hindi

Batala, Punjab 110,000 201/5,500

Hindi, Urdu 50%? Muslim, 50% Hindu

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

1,469,000 441/33,000

Hindi, Urdu Industrial 8-9000 Christians

Chandigarh, capital Punjab & Hariyana

1,138,000 251/45,000

Punjabis Beautiful Only planned city

1000 believers

Jabalpur, MadhyaPradesh

1,253,000 251/50,000

HindiPunjabiMarathi

Educational Center

70,000 Christians, 30% in churches

Jaipur, Rajasthan 2,000,000 261/77,000

Hindi (Marawi)Sindi, Madrassi

City of Temples 1000 believersChristians

Jalandhar, Punjab 600,000 7+1/85,000

Hindi Producer of Sports Goods

Delhi, capital of India

10,857,00034% slums

3001/36,000

Hindi Power 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 5000-15,000 in each cityLatin movements, movements in some African cities 677 in Manila’s slums

•Phase 4: Transformation of some slums

Undergraduate Level: Urban Poor Church-planter’s TrainingInformal consultations, diplomas, leading to a BA

Urban Poor Church-planters’

Training

Theological/Spiritual Foundations (TH/SF)

Pastoral Care (CG) Leadership (CL)Entrance &

Evangelism (EV)Community

Transformation (CT)Advocacy & Justice (CA)

*Evangelism ApproachesAmong Non-literates(1)

EV 312

Entrance and Evangelism Among the Urban Poor(2)

EV 208

Incarnational Models(2)EV 307

Researching Communities(2)

EV 418

Small Group Development(4)

CG 210

Eldership & Diaconal Development(2)

CL 216

*Networking with Community Leaders and

Outside Resources(2) CL 315

*Street Children’sMinistries (4)

CG 311

*Drug Addiction, and

Prostitutes’ Rehab (4)CG 405

Micro-enterpriseDevelopment(4)

CT 205

*Primary HealthCare(4)CT 415

*Project Design & events planning(4)

CT 308

Community Organization/ Development theory(4)

CA 312

*Land Rights & Advocacy(2)CA 413

Spiritual Gifts and Leadership(2)

CL 219

The Kingdom of God the Poor and Urban Issues (2)

SF200

*City Systems and Spiritual Powers(2)

CA 410

Basic Doctrines(4)SF204

*Developing Vocationaland Primary

Educational Schools(4)CT 407

*HIV/Aids Prevention and Care (4)

CG 406

Urban Spirituality(4)SF 203

Computer Skills(4)CT226

Movements Among the PoorIn Church History(4)

CA314

Social Work Skills (4)CT325

Biblical Studies (BS)

NT Overview(4)BS 220

OT Overview (4)BS 221

Hermeneutics (4)BS 306

Acts (4)BS 322

*Gospel of Luke (4)BS425

*The Prophets and the Poor (4)

BS424

Marriage and Family (4)CL 409

Team Building (4)CL326

Urban Poor Pastoral Leadership (2)

CG 214

*Funding Church Growth and Buildings(2)

CG 317

Urban Poor Church Models(2)CG 211

The Holy Spirit inUrban Ministry (4)

EV 201

Church Management (2)CL316

Bookkeeping &Economics for Managers(4)

CL302

Intro to Theology (4)TH227

*Systematic Theology(4)TH328

*Contextual Theology(4)TH429

Urban Theological Process(2)TH 406

MD430 Ministry Development Practicum (8)

*Information TechnologyMedia, Web design(2)

CA403

Numbers in brackets represent 1 unit= 30 course hours including teaching, study, activitiesTeaching for each unit is about 2 x 8 hour CDRom modules* Indicates optional courses