I am really looking forward to leading North Way's East End campus in Pittsburgh because I believe so strongly that the church should be playing a significant role in complex urban environments. God is calling Christians all over the world to join his mission in reaching cities, which currently make up over 50 percent of the world's population. God is equipping ordinary people like me to be able to make a difference with our lives in places that many people avoid due to fear or complacency. God is on mission to redeem cities, so followers of Jesus should be willing to join that mission.
Mark Gornik writes, "If it is the church's mission to speak of and witness to hope and redemption, to life against death, and to peace over the violence of the powers, then the following agenda, while partial and preliminary, is important for the church in our cities. Our frame of reference is a vision of God's new city of peace; our practices are rooted in the gracious demands of God's reign; our sense of what is possible is engendered by the Spirit. And our most basic commitment is than any agenda must meet the demands of reality as experienced by the streets." - To Live In Peace
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