Urban | Lausanne World Pulse Archives
A four-fold agenda for urban churches to reach their communities for Christ.Read more…
The origin of the dichotomy of the presence of Muslims and Christians.Read more…
How worldviews greatly affect the context in Niger in which church leaders operate.Read more…
Factors that have contributed to the strength and vigor of the evangelical Church in Lima.Read more…
With approximately 21.5 million people living within fifty miles of Times Square, Metropolitan New York has become a reflection of all the nations of the world.Read more…
For those of us who are serious about biblical and world history, we need to seriously ponder the extraordinary facts about Greater New York at the dawn of the twenty-first century.Read more…
An overview of prayer in New York City from the 1700s through today.Read more…
After looking at the challenges to Haitian cities, Monel seeks to develop an urban theology in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitian.Read more…
A discussion of Jeremiah 29 and God’s love for the city.Read more…
A deeper look into one slum community in Haiti reveals missiological challenges such as confronting fatalism, the role of cities in God’s redemptive plan, the concept of space, the nature of evil, and the role of the conscience.Read more…
If God, by his Spirit, transforms people, is he not interested in the places we live as well? A biblical look at sacred space and the presence of God.Read more…
A discussion of globalization in the new urban city and the spiritual dimension of the new urban landscape.Read more…
The author asks, “What is the role of the Christian faith community in the emerging urban world?Ì¢‰âÂåRead more…
The use of artistic gifts presents a significant God-designed opportunity to open doors to the heart of French culture that have been shut for a very long time.Read more…
Five urban ministry practitioners discuss issues related to the global urban mission of God in large cities.Read more…
An overview of community development and a discussion of why the urban ministry practitioner should pursue community it.Read more…
City/regions, worldviews, and an introduction to a new series in which we will look at practitioners working in a variety of urban contexts ministering on the ground.Read more…
Todayí¢ä‰åä‹¢s cities have abandoned the story that Jesus offers life for all. But God has sent you and me into our cities to offer Godí¢ä‰åä‹¢s í¢ä‰åñYes.í¢ä‰åŒRead more…
Many times, the Body of Christ practices a theological superstition by failing to recognize GodÌ¢‰â‰ã¢s presence among us in the poor.Read more…
Any discussion on current trends and policies in Rwanda must include the 1994 genocide.Read more…
An overview of the challenges, obstacles, and answers for child-headed homes in Rwanda.Read more…
An overview of student ministry in urban settings.Read more…
The author shares how investing in one homeless family in Manila impacted her entire worldview of those who are homeless.Read more…
The author discusses the “floating population” in China and its relation to the hukou system.Read more…
The author shares how countless Chinese urbanites and migrant workers have been displaced by the upcoming Olympics.Read more…
Four faces of poverty in China–and hope on the horizon.Read more…
An introduction to those living in poverty in China and the impact of the Olympic Games on their lives.Read more…
This month, thousands of university students from the Global North will move into urban slum communities in the Global South to live alongside the poor.Read more…
The author reflects on how one trip to the garbage village in Cairo transformed lives, including his own.Read more…
True community development requires an upside-down approach of finding good people, planning together, and trusting God for the resources.Read more…
The Roxas, who grew up in impoverished rural Filipino families, share how they were called to minister in Phnom Penh.Read more…
True community development requires an upside-down approach of finding good people, planning together, and trusting God for the resources.Read more…
In a little, broken-down, poor excuse of a church building at the bottom of the Kroo Bay slum in Sierra Leone is the Church. It is where God is.Read more…
A look at the life of Francis of Assisi, the saint who invested in the lives of the poor.Read more…
In Nordic cultures all over the Northern Hemisphere there are urban poor living in substandard situations facing harsh climatic conditions.Read more…
Investing in the lives of youths in the poor neighborhoods of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Read more…
Establishing a community rooted in discipleship and integral mission oriented to the re-establishment of human dignity for the most marginalized.Read more…
The growing Christian communities in Cairo’s garbage villages are leading to real changes in individual lives.Read more…
Meet the people of the garbage villages in Cairo…Read more…
Women in the red light districts of Kolkata are finding freedom from the darkness of poverty, shame and sin.Read more…
Less than one-tenth of one percent of Kolkatans are evangelical Christians.Read more…
Twenty-three years after one of the world’s worst industrial disasters, the people and communities of Bhopal are still in great need of transformation.Read more…
An effective mission strategy for transforming slums targets three primary levels where change takes place: the slum dwellers, institutional officials and government policymakers.Read more…
A 30-year civil war has left Angola facing many challenges, including a massive refugee population and a poor educational system.Read more…
The challenges in Angola’s shantytowns are seemingly endless: promiscuity, injustice, illness, lack of education, lack of drinkable water, unemployment…Read more…
The Church in Roma communities in Bucharest has suffered long-term effects of being under Communist rule.Read more…
God continues to build his Church, with the help of organizations such as Child Evangelism Fellowship, among the Roma people.Read more…
Introduction to the year-long series on urban slum communities, including important definitions, numbers and resources.Read more…
A deeper look into one slum community in Haiti reveals missiological challenges such as confronting fatalism, the role of cities in God’s redemptive plan, the concept of space, the nature of evil and the role of the conscience.Read more…
If God by his Spirit transforms people, is he not interested in the places we live as well? A biblical look at sacred space and the presence of God.Read more…
It might be possible to rapidly build up mission agencies focused on core niches.Read more…
Buddhism is a worldwide missionary faith which influences over 1.38 billion people worldwide.Read more…
A very proud people with an extreme devotion to the Hindu faith, the Alambadi Kurichchan of India live in the forested areas of Kerala state in southern India.Read more…
An overview of ministries today and one type of sending structure.Read more…
The seven countries of Northeast Asia, including China, Japan and South Korea, have economies that are growing at rates that almost defy imagination.Read more…
With no known record of any mission work having been done among the Akto Turkmen, this predominantly Sunni Muslim group is ripe for the message of salvation.Read more…
A look at mass evangelists, cross-cultural missionaries and mission teams and trends in missions today.Read more…
The Aceh of Indonesia are strict Sunni Muslims and have been known to strongly and even violently oppose other religions.Read more…
Many peoples in Southeast Asia were once Hindus or Buddhists; however, Islam is the predominant religion today.Read more…
North America and the Caribbean is probably the region with the least religious discrimination and it has been the largest sending base in the world for missionaries; however, this is rapidly changing.Read more…
Nominalism is prevalent in North America and the Caribbean; however, there are great movements in the global missions effort.Read more…
During the turmoil of the past few decades, over 100,000 Gheg Albanian immigrated to the United States.Read more…
A brief look at Central and South America shows great activity among Roman Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and now, Pentecostals.Read more…
Central America and South America are filled with God’s beauty. They are also filled with corruption, unemployment and nominalism.Read more…
As the largest ethnic group in the world, the Han Chinese reside in nearly every country in the world, including Cuba.Read more…
Many of EuropeÌ¢‰â‰ã¢s great cities hold a multitude of cultures and languages. The situation is both rife with problems and rich with opportunities.Read more…
The three parts of Western Europe have a rich history of Christianity which has today turned largely into nominalism.Read more…
The Diaspora Arabs of the Netherlands face a Western culture very different from their traditional culture.Read more…
The Church in Eastern Europe and Eurasia is small and struggling; however, there are rays of hope.Read more…
Although the overwhelming majority of the population in Eastern Europe claim to be Christian, missions to other regions of the world is rare.Read more…
Although having a population no greater than ten thousand people, the Andi of Russia are an unreached people group in need of the gospel of Jesus Christ.Read more…
In West Africa, you will find voodoo, fetishes, ancestor worship and idolatry. But most of the least-reached peoples are adherents to Islam.Read more…
Even with a strong sense of clan loyalty, honesty and obedience, ninety-nine percent of the Jula of Mali still lack one thing: a relationship with Jesus Christ.Read more…
Despite the challenges of AIDS, poverty, corruption and wars, Middle and Western Africa have been, and are being, impacted by Christianity.Read more…
Amidst war, AIDS and other life-threatening factors, research shows that Christianity is growing faster in these regions than anywhere else in the world.Read more…
Saddled with debt and riddled with corruption, the countries in Eastern Africa today are broken and impoverished, with half to three-quarters of their people living in poverty.Read more…
Nearly one hundred percent of the Tunni of Somalia are Muslim. And they have no available Christian resources.Read more…
Half of the countries in this region still have over ninety percent of their population least-reached.Read more…
Despite a difficult history, the Cicassian of Syria have held tight to traditions and culture.Read more…
Bringing the gospel into this environment will require long-term commitments, significant risks and substantial resource investments.Read more…
A historical overview of the least-reached peoples of Central Asia and how to reach them through prayer and action.Read more…
With the vast majority of Karakalpak being Sunni Muslims, this people group is in great need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.Read more…
Central Asia has also sometimes also called Middle Asia or Inner Asia. Over time it has meant the land from Iran to Mongolia. Today it usually is used to refer to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran. TheRead more…
A historical overview of the least-reached people groups of South AsiaÌ¢‰â‰Ûand how to reach them through prayer and action.Read more…
Distrustful of outsiders and prone to hold tightly to ancient traditions, the Dakpa of Bhutan are a challenge to Christians.Read more…
(Editor’s Note: Our Peoples of the World section consist of three parts: an overview of a specific region of the world, a deeper look into the least-reached peoples of this area and a focus on a specific unreached people group.Read more…
A historical review of the least-reached peoples of Northeast Asia and how to reach them through prayer and action.Read more…
With far less than one percent of the Durbet being Christian, this people group needs both physical and spiritual healing.Read more…
(Editor’s Note: Our new Peoples of the World section will consist of three parts: an overview of a specific region of the world, a deeper look into the least-reached peoples of this area and a focus on a specific unreachedRead more…
Editor’s Note: Our new Peoples of the World section will consist of three parts: an overview of a specific region of the world, a deeper look into the least-reached peoples of this area and a focus on a specific unreachedRead more…
A historical overview of the least-reached people groups of Southeast AsiaÌ¢‰â‰Ûand how to reach them through prayer and action.Read more…
With over ten million Hui in China, it is astonishing that there are no known Christians among this people group.Read more…
Seven factors, in addition to churches, are needed to reach unreached people groups.Read more…
Conflict between Arab rulers and Berbers between 1300 AD and 1600 AD led to the beginnings of the Saharawi.Read more…
More than ninety-nine percent of Malay remain unevangelized due to government laws and restrictions and other factors.Read more…
Only 2.5% of the 1.3 trillion cubic kilometers (km3) of water on earth is fresh, usable water. This is critical especially for many of the unreached peoples of the world.Read more…
A nomadic lifestyle, poor infrastructure and bans on sharing the gospel make evangelizing the Central Tibetans of China extremely difficult.Read more…
More than 350 participants gathered for Ethne Ì¢‰â‰ã¢06 to strategize on how to reach unreached people groups around the world.Read more…
1. Do not put anything before God….Go as a servant to the local workers.Read more…
Less than one percent of the nearly seventeen million Hijazi Arabs in Saudi Arabia have accepted Christ.Read more…
Claiming to be descendents of Ham, NoahÌ¢‰â‰ã¢s son, the Afar (Danakil) of Ethiopia have had a very turbulent history. The Afar are a proud people, valuing power and prestige, the latter which many times comes from killing oneÌ¢‰â‰ã¢s enemies.Read more…
The amount of media evangelism among the unreached really is amazing. The Western world is media-rich, and missionaries worldwide have learned to use this medium very effectively.Read more…
The Hazara of Pakistan, numbering over 110,000 people, are refugees from Afghanistan. Many fled Afghanistan after the civil war of the 1800s…Read more…
At 6:58 a.m. local time on 26 December 2004, a trembling started in the ocean off Sumatra Island some 155 miles southeast of Banda Aceh and two hundred miles west of Medan.Read more…
As the second largest Muslim group in Central Asia, the Kazak people have had a tumultuous history, experiencing wars, migration and domination for centuries. One of the most influential ethnic groups in Central Asia at one time, the Kazak now dwell mainly in Kazakhstan, but can also be found in Mongolia, Ukraine and Russia.Read more…
With nearly thirty million Sundanese living in or near the western portion of the Indonesian Island of Java, this is one of the largest remaining unreached people groups.Read more…
Restrictions and persecution are two realities that cast long shadows over work amongst unreached peoples.Read more…
Many nations that are home to unreached peoples are also home to some of the most advanced technologies on Earth. By 2025, humanity will have the power to accomplish awesome, even fearsome, things.Read more…
Bedouins have lived in the arid, dry land of Jordan since the beginning of their existence. More than a quarter of a million Bedouins traverse the country today, living as either nomadic shepherds or farmers.Read more…
For the past two decades, unreached peoples have been the focus of our attention. As a result, the effort to bring the gospel to these individuals and communities has gained significant momentum.Read more…
With more than 99% of the Bengali in Bangladesh being Muslim, this people group remains one of the least-evangelized in the 10/40 Window.Read more…