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Following the Jesus in the Underside of Megalopolises
The Ancient Principle of the Incarnation
the Modern Reality of Global Urbanization and
Poverty
The Hidden Years of Preparation
• Family Security• Loving Presence of God• Longing for the Word• Following the Master• Disciplines of Youth• Confronting the Sins of Leaders• Hear God and do the Symbolic• Entering into the Word that Reverbates• Meeting the God of the Mountains• Seeing the Nations and the Poor
The Heart of the Great CommissionLuke 4:18, 19
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto preach good news to the poor.
• He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisonersand recovery of sight for the blind,
• to release the oppressed,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
• (central passage in Luke, Acts, refers back to the Servant Songs of Isaiah and the Jubilee of Leviticus)
The Power of the Spirit• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
The Centrality of Proclamation• to preach good news
The Focus of Ministry• to the poor.
The Holistic Style and Context of Proclamation
• He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisonersand recovery of sight for the blind,
The Goal of Justice• to release the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. (The eternal jubilee, the year of redistribution).
• Conversion and church growth are intermediate goals not end goals.
Spirituality of Incarnation (John 1:14)
• The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
• We have seen his gloryglory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father,
• Full of gracegrace and truth.truth.
The Coming of the Presence
• With each step of obedience
• On entrance to the slums
• In the context of revival
• Releasing revival power
• Deepening gifts of the Spirit
Apostolic Spirituality
• Hearing the voice of God at each step
• Exercising faith
• Defining the mission and structure
• Calling forth the team
• Releasing it to others
Spirituality of Community
• Bands of men and women whose hearts God had touched (1 Sam 10:26)
• Building Apostolic Communities, wandering bands of preaching friars
• The chaos of community
Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsPoor Churchplanting Missions
Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)
Kairos (Sao Paulo)
Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)
Lima
Manila
Servant-Partners
Viv & Urban Leadership Foundation
Manila 74-83
NZ 81-83Brazil 87-89
LA 85-86, 91-95
Calcutta 85-93
Portuguese
German
Korean
Spanish
Book Translation
English
Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Growth of Servants-Style Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsPoor Churchplanting Missions
Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)Initial Seed Sowing, Training Bases (78-93)
& New Zealand Expansion (81-96) & New Zealand Expansion (81-96)
Kairos (Sao Paulo)
Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)
Lima
MexicoManila
Servant-Partners
Viv - Urban Leadership Foundation
Phnom PhenBangkok
CalcuttaDhaka
Delhi
SwitzerlandUK
Innerchange
Brisbane
Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsChurchplanting Missions
Brazilian and Latin Expansion Brazilian and Latin Expansion
Kairos (Sao Paulo)
Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)
Lima
MexicoManila
SpainPortugal
North Africa
Cabo Verde
Ecuador
Columbia
VenezuelaSenegal
CalcuttaBangladesh
Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Growth of Incarnational Urban Poor Churchplanting MissionsChurchplanting Missions
US Mission Expansion US Mission Expansion
Kairos (Sao Paulo)Servants to Asia's Urban Poor(New Zealand)
Lima
MexicoManila
Servant-Partners
Innerchange
Istanbul
Nairobi
Calcutta
Bangkok
Tegulcigalpa
Mumbai Phnom Phen
Caracas
LanchouXian
In process
Workers or Teams in place
North Africa
The Grigg FamilyViv & Ieda,
Monique, Leonardo, BiancaThe disciplines of character
The daily joys and failures in relationshipsThe struggle to build rhythms of spirituality
Coping with limitations
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