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Source:
Irvin, Dale T. "The Church, the Urban, and the Global: Mission in an Age
of Global Cities." International Bulletin of Missionary Research 33.4 (2009):
177-182.
Date:
October 29, 2015
Analysis:
In his publishing, The Church, the Urban, and the Global: Mission in an
Age of Global Cities, Dr. Irvin confronts the issues in missions caused by the
rapid globalization of todays cities. As he evaluates the changes in the
cities, he addresses the changes we need to make in our missional strategy
as to overcome the issues that have arisen. His findings will serve as a
source of new ideas and missional strategies for me while in ISM.
The Idea of national and geographical boundaries that gave us here
and there of missionary thinking are now obsolete. The saltwater
definition of missionary work, that is defined by one becoming a missionary
when they cross saltwater, would be even more obsolete now had it been an
accurate definition in 1965 when it was written by Keith Bridston.
Globalization has destroyed all territorial boundaries. In doing so, a new
playing field for urban missions was created.
In a couple of my interviews, similar ideas were addressed in terms of
the changing world and how missional ideas are slowly falling behind. The
church must keep up with the rapidly-changing world on both a global and