Thank You!

It has been over a year since I started this blog.  In today’s post, I want to say thank you for your encouragement and share a little about the site.  Check out the video below:  

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Last week, the Wall Street Journal posted a very interesting article on the population shifts that have occurred in certain U. S. cities.  The article reported findings of decadal growth and declines in metropolitan areas with 500,000 or more people. Las Vegas grew the fastest, followed by Raleigh, Ft. Myers, Provo, and Austin. The metro [...]

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If you have kept up with this series, you will recall that I have used the limitations in my own research to point to the need for more and better urban research in the United States and Canada.  And while I have attempted to keep the focus on the urban context, the reality is that [...]

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While the United States and Canada are two of the most researched nations in the world, believe it or not, we lack both the research and data on the numbers of unreached people groups living in these two countries. I am amazed that we have better information about a unreached people group living on the [...]

Read More About - The Number of Unreached People Groups in the U.S. and Canada: A Call for More and Better Urban Research-Part 5 »

In this third post of this series, I want to introduce you to the limitations of my urban research.  As I mentioned a few days ago, it is my hope that by sharing with you my limitations (and findings) a stronger case will be made for the need for more and better urban research to [...]

Read More About - The View at 15,000 Feet is not Enough: A Call for More and Better Urban Research-Part 3 »

Yesterday, I began a series calling Evangelicals to increase and improve upon what little data we have regarding our urban mission fields in the United States and Canada.  In this post, I want to draw your attention to some of the recent demographic changes happening in the metropolitan United States. According to the Brookings Institution, [...]

Read More About - 5 Changes Influencing Mission in Metro America: A Call for More and Better Research-Part 2 »

This past weekend, I spent time with some of the great folks in the Southeastern Region of the Evangelical Missiological Society (EMS). Each year, the EMS meets in regions across the United States and Canada to hear presentations on a designated topic affecting contemporary missions. This year’s theme was on the topic of urban missions. [...]

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Americans are mobile people.  In 2008, an estimated 10 million people moved from county to county in the United States.  In today’s post, I have linked you to some interactive maps related to domestic migrations. In the first map, you will find 2007 data represented, as well as the ability to examine the population flows [...]

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One of the networks with whom I have the honor to serve as the Vice President for Administration is the Evangelical Missiological Society.  We are a society of about 350 missiologists, mission administrators, teachers, pastors, and students. Our theme for 2011  is “Urbanization:  Mission in the Context of the City.” I am very excited about [...]

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Ministers of the gospel need to understand the people to whom they are called to serve.  This matter is nothing new. One quick way to accomplish this is to understand them demographically.  While there is no substitute for spending time with someone, raw numbers can give you a bird’s-eye view of the community to which [...]

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