The Urgent Need for Urban Research in North America

I’ve been in Arizona for the past few days.  The annual meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society took place in Scottsdale.  It was great to catch up with old friends and hear from some of today’s greatest missiological thinkers and missions leaders. I gave a presentation this year titled, “Examining Evangelical Concentrations and International Migrations [...]

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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 [...]

Read More About - 4 Steps to Get Us Started: A Call for More and Better Urban Research-Part 6 »

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 »

After a great spring break with my family, I am now returning to the series on the need for more and better urban research. If you are just jumping in to the series, you may want to begin with the following: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Today, I submit to you Case Study #2: [...]

Read More About - The Strangers Next Door: A Call for More and Better Urban Research-Part 4 »

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. [...]

Read More About - Removing the Urban Fog: A Call for More and Better Urban Research-Part 1 »