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Telling the story of a day in New York City's South Bronx, one of our intern recalls her interactions while on the 10th day of a w month internship with Global City Mission Initiative.   By:  Vanessa Galdamez (Mission Intern, Harding University)On day 10 of our journey in NYC, we went out into the … [Read more...] about A Day in the Park

Dear friends,In the past few months I have discovered something wonderful:  It's called "Global City Mission Initiative." This is a growing network of simple church communities, beginning in New York City and spreading to other cities – even touching other parts of the world.  I am impressed by … [Read more...] about Guest Article:  Lynn Anderson

Discipleship is not really taught in a Sunday morning worship service.Traditionally on Sunday mornings one worships, is inspired, fellowships, even in Sunday school you learn about the faith in an academic manner. Discipleship is just different.When I was taught how to ride a bike my father didn't … [Read more...] about Thoughts on discipleship.

In Global City Mission, we hope to see the Gospel impact all peoples; however, we recognize the importance of key missiological priorities. Today, the world is more than half urban, and some estimates suggest it will be nearly 70% urban by the middle of this century.  We must learn to work in … [Read more...] about Mission Priorities

In a previous post, I began discussing our problem with missions metrics (click here for part 1).  In summary, most missionaries want desperately to be faithful to their calling and to be responsible for the sake of those financially supporting them, and missionary sponsors typically desire to be … [Read more...] about The Problem with Metrics, Part II

I began my faith walk in 1985. At that time and probably until today I was taught. Teaching is the focus of the church today. A disciple, as I was taught, studies the Word of God. Going deep into the theology/teachings of God. The emphasis was the knowledge of God passed down through the ages by the … [Read more...] about Acts 1:1 To Do and Teach

Missionaries are often tasked with reporting results to ministry partners who are often quite distant. It's possible that the preceding statement may draw out tension whether on the part of a missions committee who are trying to stay connected to a mission work they support or on the part of a … [Read more...] about The Problem With Metrics, Part 1  

Paul led a team of young evangelists on a journey into a city/region and began telling the story of Jesus. Some who were hard of heart rejected Paul and his team but he also found those open to the message and they became disciples of Jesus. He seemed to band these disciples together, often leaving … [Read more...] about What would Paul do?

I joined Global City Mission Initiative (GCMI) in January as the development coordinator. My first three weeks were spent getting to know the board and many current supporters of GCMI.  As a new representative of the ministry, last week I headed to New York City to see firsthand some of the work … [Read more...] about Getting Acquainted