Singing For God so Loved the City Praying. 1. What is your name? 2. Where is you current job? 3. What do you like or don t like about the city?

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1 1 Overview A. Getting Acquainted B. Worship C. City and Village 2 A. Getting Acquainted 1. What is your name? 2. Where is you current job? 3. What do you like or don t like about the city? 3 B. Worship Singing For God so Loved the City Praying Form groups and schedule worship 1

2 4 C. City and Village Get in your groups Images of the City Images of the Village Big Small Change Stable years ago 3% lived in cities 100 years ago 15% lived in cities Today 55% live in cities Moyer: God So Loves the City! page 206 in Adventist Mission, Jon Dybdahl, ed. 6 Where do your grandparents live? Where do your parents live? Where do you live? 2

3 7 In 1940 the biggest cities were in the Western world. Today they are in Asia, Mexico and South America. Name cities in Asia that have few Christians: Moyer: God So Loves the City! page 206 in Adventist Mission, Jon Dybdahl, ed. 8 In the 1980s 1 billion people or 20% of the human population moved from the country to the city. Roger Greenway ed. Discipling the City, page Cities of 1 Million or more Tokyo 33.8M Mexico City 22.0M New York 21.8M Seoul 21.8M Sao Paulo 19.8M Bombay 18.5M Delhi 18.5M Los Angeles 17.6M Osaka 16.7M Jakarta 16.5M Moscow 15.4M Calcutta 15.1M Cairo 15.0M Manila 14.3M Karachi 13.4M Hong Kong 13.2M accessed June 7, Figures compiled

4 10 List 10 ways the city influences the countryside. Manila 11 The last 100 years has seen the greatest migration in history. If people are moving to the city then the church must move there too General Conference Hope for Big Cities North America: Montreal Southern Africa: Johannesburg Trans-Europe: London Euro-Asia: Moscow; Southern Asia: Bangkok South Pacific: Sydney East Central Africa: Bujumbura, Addis Adaba, Kinshasa South America: Buenos Aires North Asia Pacific: Kaoshiong, Shinjuku, Suwon Western Africa, N djamena Inter-America: Mexico City Euro-Africa: Madrid, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Bucharest, Sophia, others 4

5 13 The Old Testament: The word city appears 1092 times Most important for defense Centers of military strength 14 Cities in Genesis: Genesis 4:17 Cain built the first city. Genesis 10:8-10 Nimrod built Babel. Genesis 14 Sodom and Gomorrah 15 The City in the New Testament City appears 160 times Political more than defense Centers of missionary activity 5

6 16 The Tower of Babel Technology: the brick Gather in order to control God scatters them 17 Nimrod builds Babel Noah builds Altar Abram builds Altar After discussing the diagram, how important is it for a pastor to build an altar of devotion in the city? 18 The City of Babylon Conquers Jerusalem in 605 BC Modern Iraq Wicked church of Revelation 6

7 19 Babylon and Jerusalem Babylon Surrounds Satan Surrounds Jerusalem New Jerusalem Daniel 1:1-2 Revelation 20: The City of Jerusalem OT Abraham, Melchizedek, Mt. Moriah David conquers Jerusalem in 1000 BC The gathering and scattering 21 The City of Jerusalem NT Jesus as the Living Temple Destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 The New Jerusalem 7

8 22 Assignment Write a 2 page paper due tomorrow. Cut out pictures or headlines from a newspaper which show sides of city life: a. social b. economic c. political d. religious Then by each picture or headline comment on how these help or hinder the growth of the Adventist faith. 8