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