LABI SANGER: Theology of the City/ Urban Ministry

The course website for the Sept 10/11, 2010 weekend class/seminar, "Theology of the City and Urban Ministry"..Latin American Bible Institute's Fresno/Sanger Extension.. Join us, auditors welcome, Info: leave a comment here, call Diana at (559) 876-2213 or info@topchristiancenter.com

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Textbook and pre-class assignments

Click here to order our textbook, "The Urban Christian,"
by Ray Bakke...copies for 15 cents on Amazon, and it's a classic.

Pre-class assignments: Read the book, and

1)Write a 3-5 page summary/review

2)Respond either on a video, a short paper (2-4 pages), or a ten minute class presentation to this question: Speak about your experience of, or your dreams/ideas re: several of the strategies on pp. 192-193

3)Spend 30-60 minutes prayer-walking (or driving) an urban neighborhood, and turn in a one page journal of your experience:


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NOTE: Excellent supplement book for extra credit! Fresno's own Randy White has written "Journey to the Center of the City," and it's also available for less than a dollar on Amazon here:

Helpful resources

  • A Biblical Theology of the City : Tim Keller
  • Article on "Cities" from New Bible Dictionary
  • Audio podcasts with Ray Bakke
  • Cities in the Bible (atheist website!)
  • Cities in the Bible (Wiki)
  • Cities of Refuge
  • Cities of Refuge: Sermon
  • Excerpt from Randy White; Why Focus on the City?
  • Free Book Read: "The Meaning of the City" by Ellul
  • Free Online Read (partial): "A Theology as Big as the City" by Bakke
  • Fresno: something to do with money
  • From the Village to the City (A Grammar for the Languages We Are) by Delbert L. Wiens
  • frresno institute for urban leadership
  • Jerusalem: The Ideal City of the Bible
  • List of U.S. communities with Hispanic majority populations
  • Randy White's blog
  • Urban Urgency
  • Urrbanization
  • Videos from this course website
  • What is a City?
  • World's Largest Cities

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