The Challenge of Urban North American Missions Today

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The Challenge of Urban North American Missions
Today
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SFC

• A Catalytic 10 Years

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Did you know?

• What is Americas total population (rounded)?
• What of America is considered Urban vs. Rural?
• Name Americas top five most populated major
  metro areas?
• Immigrants (legal and illegal) account for what
  percentage of Americas population in 2007?
• Metro area with Americas largest immigrant
  population?

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The Movement Back to Babel
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Americas Population

• In the next four hours
• There will be a net increase of 1,107 inhabitants
  living in Americathis breaks down into
• 110 living in NYC and LA
• 442 living in Americas top 25 cities
• 887 living in Urban America
• 220 living in Rural America

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What is a city, urban?

• Cityan incorporated municipality with definite
  boundaries and legal powers.
• Urbanpopulation of at least 50,000 with a
  population density of at least 1,000 per square
  mile.

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What is Metro?

• MSAMetropolitan Statistical Areas
• An MSA has at least one urban area of 50K in
  population. It has an adjacent territory with a
  high degree of social and economic integration
  with connecting transportation ties.

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What is a Megacity?

• Answercities with populations of 5 million
  inhabitants
• There were 41 world-wide in 2000. By 2015, the
  projection is that there will be 50.
• 23 of these megacities will have populations of
  over 10 million.

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2005 Megacities 2015

• Tokyo.35.2
• Mexico City19.4
• NYC18.7
• Sao Paulo.18.3
• Bombay18.2

• Tokyo.35.5
• Bombay..21.9
• Mexico City21.6
• Sao Paulo20.5
• NYC19.9

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Worldwide Urbanization

• In 1900 13 or 220 million urbanites
• In 1950 29 or 732 million urbanites
• In 2005 49 or 3.2 billion urbanites
• On May 23, 2007..The World became Urban!
• By 2050 two-thirds or 6 billion people will
  live in urban communities

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Urbanization Factors

• In-Migration
• Immigration (legal and illegal)
• Population explosion births over deaths
• Jobs
• Education
• Climate

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Americas Cities
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Annual Migration 2000-2004Domestic population
movement within the U.S.

• Northeast. 246,816
• Midwest.. 161,198
• South.. 352,793
• West 55,221

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Annual Migration 2000-2004Domestic Migration in
25 Largest Metro Areas

• Eighteen of the countrys 25 largest metro areas
  experienced a net loss of residents
• Four areasNYC/NJ LA, Chicago, San
  Franciscoexperienced a net loss of more than 60K
  annually

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Immigration

• Nations immigrant population (legal and illegal)
  reached a record of 37.9 million in 2007
• Immigrants account for 1 in 8 U.S. residents, the
  highest in 80 years
• Nearly 1 in 3 immigrants is an illegal alien
• Half the illegal population is Mexican
• Since 2000, 10.3 immigrants have arrivedthe
  highest seven-year period in U.S. history.

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Immigration 100 Million More

• Currently, 1.25 million legal and illegal
  immigrants settle in the U.S. each year
• It is projected that by 2060 the U.S. population
  will increase to 468 million.
• 105 million of that increase will come from
  immigrants plus their descendents.
• This equates to 13 additional NYCs

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2007 Immigrant Populationin Metro Cities

• Immigrants account for 50-75 of major metro city
  growth in the U.S.
• Los Angles County..50
• NYC.46.7
• Chicago.35

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Denominational Strength in our Urban Communities
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What did you hear?What does this mean?
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Principles and Values

• Spiritual and Practical Boundaries that guide
  and/or lead to spiritual effectiveness

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Our Lord Asks Us

• To expose His Glory
• To extend His Kingdom

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Strategic Outcomes

• Disciples making disciples
• Impacting the Community
• Mission Engagement (local and global)
• Baptisms
• Giving

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Core Values

• Strategic Focus Cities

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Core Values are statements of biblical integrity.
They are our framework and corner stone for how
we seek to minister to people and their
communities.
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Like a lighthouse piercing the darkness, core
values illuminate healthy partnerships.
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Experience proves that shared values spawn a
shared focus on spiritual objectives. Though the
priority of values may only be similar, if values
are not complimentary, lack of focus may result.
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Prayer that Permeates

• SFC values prayer as the propelling priority of
  all aspects and phases of the process in that
  prayer provides access to God and His power,
  guidance and brokenness which are essential to
  spiritually impacting communities.

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Holiness Spirit before Skill

• We value holiness as a necessity to both express
  obedience and to know His biblical empowerment.
  As humility permeates the personal and corporate
  lives of all involved in SFC the Spirit empowers.

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Intentional Holistic Approach

• We value intentionality as the discipline of
  following Gods vision and benchmark for all
  strategy and implementation. It requires focus
  and commitment to uncompromising excellence with
  integrity. It is best expressed through
  biblically holistic processes that birth
  ownership and self-sustaining ministries in the
  local church.

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Self-sustaining/Local Church

• We value biblical processes that lead to strong
  Holy Spirit reliant local Churches that take
  personal ownership and have a desire to go to a
  new level of commitment.

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Effectiveness Quality then Quantity

• SFC values effectiveness as doing right things
  right by ensuring ministry is embedded with a DNA
  focused upon self-sustaining long-term results.
  It requires the willingness to change and paying
  close attention to how the Spirit is working
  locally.

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Kingdom Minded Partnerships

• SFC values Kingdom Minded Partnerships both
  sacred and secular that effectively and
  intentionally lead to spiritual transformation
  and Kingdom impact.

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Grassroots Ownership

• SFC values Grassroots Ownership as the means to
  empower and mobilize lay leadership in all
  aspects of SFC. It enables all local members of
  the Body of Christ to be involved in impacting
  the city.

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP

• SFC values Servant Leadership as the catalyst
  upon which vision is born, cast and realized. It
  models a passion for Gods agenda and applies
  proper stewardship to all resources, both
  spiritual and temporal.

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What to look for

• A sense of desperation and/or brokenness
• A genuine humility that leads to authentic and
  healthy relationships
• A sense of wonder and awe that the Lord is
  beginning to move in our midst