Volume 59, Issue 331, July 2023

Twenty-first-Century effective principles for successful urban Christian missions in Nigeria

Akinyemi Oluwafemi Alawode¹, Rev Ishaya Adamu Jangado²

¹Department of Intercultural Studies, The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
²PhD Candidate, Department of Intercultural Studies, The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The twenty-first Century Church faces many challenges in doing urban Christian missions, such as a need for a strategic plan to carry out effective Christian missions in Nigerian cities. Over the years, Christian missions emphasised village missions and underdeveloped places. However, recently there has been a clarion call to shift attention to urban missions. Massive Christian mission opportunities are more evident in the cities than rural areas because the cities attract more people than rural communities. People from different religious backgrounds are all present in the cities, the rich and the poor, the givers and the beggars, sane and insane, the hurts and the unhurt people, hard-working and lazy people, busy people and the less busy, diplomats and businessmen and women, travellers and passers-by and host of others. This article researches the concepts of urban missions, discusses the significance of urban missions and challenges of urban missions and draws out practical principles of doing urban missions in the twenty-first Century.

Keywords: Urban Christian Missions, Effective Principles, Rural Missions, Urban Mission, Culture

Discovery, 2023, 59, e94d1277

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Published: July 2023