An urban strategy for Africa, Timothy Monsma

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An urban strategy for Africa, Timothy Monsma

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Timothy Monsma

Instantiates

• An urban strategy for Africa

Publication

• Pasadena, Calif., W. Carey Library, ©1979

Note

Includes index

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 153-170

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volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Part 1: the increasing urbanization of Africa -- 1. Forces creating urban growth -- Agriculture -- Trade -- Warfare -- Government -- Industrialization -- Schools -- Urban pull -- Internal growth -- 2. Urban complexity -- Understanding the city -- The city as an organism -- The city as an ethnic conglomerate -- Urban problems -- 3.The emergence of social classes -- The upper class -- The middle class -- The lower class -- Relations among the classes -- Combining West and South in the city -- Part 2: the church in urban Africa -- 4. Sources of numerical growth -- Transfer growth -- Conversion growth -- Internal growth -- The schools and growth -- The possibility of greater growth -- 5. Examples of structural growth -- Physical facilities -- Central church and outlying chapels -- African homogeneous units -- Interdependence of the units -- Unity in diversity -- A national network -- 6. The need for spiritual growth -- Secularism in Africa -- The sheep that stray -- Single adults -- Part 3: a program for growing urban churches -- 7. Creating urban relevance: contextualization -- Ministering to Westernized Africans -- A holistic approach to urban problems -- Formal education and material wealth -- African urban theology -- 8. Being salt and light in the city -- The schools -- Economics -- Politics -- Recreation -- 9. Urban churches at work -- Solving the leadership crisis -- Meaningful worship -- Effective instruction -- Relevant evangelism -- 10. Missionary agencies -- The changing role of missionaries -- Leadership training -- Specialized urban ministries -- Preserving Biblical priorities

Dimensions

22 cm

Extent

xv, 175 pages

Isbn

9780878084302

Lccn

79011273

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

Other control number

006151577

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illustrations

Record ID

99195370920001161

System control number

• (OCoLC)04774706
• (OCoLC)ocm04774706