Source: World Evangelical Alliance, September 19, 2016<\/p>\n
We are living in decisive times for the future of our urban world and the health and integrity of God\u2019s creation. These two realities\u2014cities and towns in the next 20-30 years growing from 50 percent of the world\u2019s population to 75 percent living in urban areas, and the integrity of the world\u2019s ecosystems that all life is dependent upon\u2014are inseparably linked and both vitally important to the wellbeing of humanity. This is why the decisions being made for the \u201cNew Urban Agenda\u201d that will be launched at the United Nations Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador (October 17-20, 2016) will be historically important and influential.<\/p>\n
We believe Christians have a lot to learn about urbanism at UN Habitat III, but we also have a lot to offer from our biblical perspective, experiences, expertise, concerns, and values. The question is, however: Will Christians show up at this decisive time or just sit on the sidelines watching?<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a> and learn about the \u201cUrban Shalom\u201d project. Sounds interesting.<\/p>\n \u00bb Also check out the Brookings Institute\u2019s Cities and Refugees: The European Response<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: World Evangelical Alliance, September 19, 2016 We are living in decisive times for the future of our urban world and the health and integrity of God\u2019s creation. These two realities\u2014cities and towns in the next 20-30 years growing from 50 percent of the world\u2019s population to 75 percent living in urban areas, and the … Continue reading WORLD: Help Influence Urban History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6652,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6651\/revisions\/6652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}