Cities are places of amazing complexity with people from all types of religious, ethnic, educational and economic backgrounds. Many cities are filled with people who have fled a rural home to try to find economic stability. But rural people often lose their traditional support systems when they move to the city. Other people live in the city because they are unable to move elsewhere. They are trapped in ghettos with youth gangs, crime, drugs and unemployment. Spiritual poverty often accompanies the physical impoverishment of their lives.
At the same time, cities are places of great wealth, culture and excitement and have much to offer. Glandion Carney will help you explore the pitfalls and the possibilities of life in the city, as you consider what your mission and the church's mission might be. (from the back cover).