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ADVANCING THE GOSPEL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
Part IV : City-Focused Strategy
by Tim Keller, Senior Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church

This the fourth of a four-part article by Tim Keller, based on his plenary remarks at the 2003 annual meeting of the Mission America Coalition. The first three parts were presented in the December 2003 and February 2004 issues of The Movement.

We should not ignore the rest of a nation, but we should focus our efforts on large cites in the greatest way possible. Urban explosion has been the main vehicle, in the providence of God, for the most important new development in Christian history in centuries. > MORE

"SO, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START WORSHIP?"
By Matthew Brown, Church Planter, Park Slope Presbyterian Church

Every church planter faces the inevitable question from core group members, supporters and other interested parties, "So when are you going to start worship?" Our church in Park Slope, Brooklyn, started worship services yesterday - almost one year after it was announced that I would be the pastor in charge of organizing this congregation. In the meantime, I have faced that very question more times than I care to remember and though it was always asked with genuine concern and hope, I heard people accusing me of being lazy and disorganized. I was a minister of Word and Sacrament, and I was neither preaching nor administering the eucharist. > MORE

WHAT I DIDN'T LEARN IN SEMINARY
By John Smed, Church Planter, Grace Vancouver Church

At seminary I learned about apologetics, kingdom theology, church history and preaching. Good thing. This knowledge has fueled the boilers of my calling as a church planter. But there were other things I wish I had learned and which I soon would need most urgently. > MORE

Observations about Amerope :: Living the Gospel in Montreal
J.G. (Garnet) Zoellner, Church Planter, L'Eglise Reformée St. Jean

An old joke in Quebec laments: "We could have had French culture, British government and American know-how... but what we've really got is American culture, French government and British know-how!"

All joking and stereotypes aside, Montreal is certainly a dynamic cross between America and Europe - a kind of "Amerope". Although it lacks the natural beauty of Vancouver, the history of Paris or the wealth of New York, Montreal has its own unique offering. And it is this "Ameropean" culture brings its particular challenges to the ministry and living out the Gospel. > MORE

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