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MAC PIER
Eu me mudei para Nova York em junho de 1984. O vero anterior foi gasto em Bihar, na
ndia, logo abaixo Nepal. Bihar naquela poca era do tamanho de Nebraska com 100
milhes de pessoas. A proporo de hindus e muulmanos a cristos era de 100.000 para
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Eu me mudei para Nova York em junho de 1984. O vero anterior foi gasto em Bihar, na
ndia, logo abaixo Nepal. Bihar naquela poca era do tamanho de Nebraska com 100
milhes de pessoas. A proporo de hindus e muulmanos a cristos era de 100.000 para 1.
Em um tipo interessante de forma, Bihar me preparado para New York City. Minha cidade
natal rural em Dakota do Sul teve 600 pessoas. Dentro de cinquenta milhas de Times
Square em Nova York mais de 20 milhes de pessoas vivem, ou um em cada trs centenas
de pessoas no planeta.
O que eu tenho experimentado morando em New York City um microcosmo do que vem
acontecendo ao redor do mundo - as pessoas rurais tornaram-se urbana. O Sul Global
migrou para o norte global em nmeros surpreendentes.
Populaes Shifting
Estima-se que at 2050 mais de 70% da populao mundial ser urbana. Ray Bakke em uma
de suas palestras indicou que cerca de 16 milhes de pessoas por ano, ou metade da
populao do Canad, esto migrando da China rural para urbano China a cada ano. 4
O relatrio do Centro 2010 para o Estudo do Cristianismo Global de indica que 859 milhes
de pessoas de 327 grupos de pessoas estavam vivendo na dispora ou 12,5% da populao
global. Onde est a dispora indo? Eles esto indo para as cidades.
Na minha Flushing, Queens, bairro, mais de cem lnguas so faladas. Em uma dcada, a
dcada de 1980, a comunidade passou de 10% para 50% asitico asitico. As naes se
mudaram para o bairro.
Para muitos grupos de pessoas a oportunidade da palavra soletrado CIT Y. Como prximo
maioria das pessoas do mundo esto vivendo com menos de US $ 2 por dia, a cidade
promete a esperana de uma vida melhor. As cidades so o lugar de melhor emprego,
melhor educao e um futuro melhor.
Uma estimativa que 80% dos budistas que se deslocam em Nova York esto
abertos espiritualmente.
Cinco dos nove condados muulmanos mais populosos nos Estados Unidos esto
em Metro New York City.
Esta uma realidade assustadora em muitas igrejas imigrantes - como muitos como 90%
dos jovens que crescem em igrejas de imigrantes para nunca mais voltar aps a formatura
do ensino mdio.
Estudo - estudar uma grande cidade do mundo para entender sua histria,
demografia e realidade espiritual atual.
Rede - manter contato com agncias e profissionais que compartilham uma batida
de corao comum para as grandes cidades e aderir rede praticante urbana
emergente.
Pray - orar por trabalhadores em, talvez, o campo missionrio mais estratgica e
oportuna na histria do mundo.
Notas finais
1 Um, Stephen e Buzzard, Justin. A importncia das cidades. (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013),
p. 29.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Bakke, Ray. Bakke Palestra de Ps-Graduao, Faith Bible Church, Flushing, Nova Iorque,
Junho de 2008.
5 Bellofatto, Gina A. "A caminho," Lausanne anlise global, em novembro de 2012, pp 16-
17.
6 Keller, Tim. Half Time Palestra, Igreja Presbiteriana Redeemer, New York, New York, em
junho de 2011.
Paixo de conduo do Dr. Mac Pier preparar lderes cristos de uma diversidade de
fundos para impactar os desafios maior espirituais, sociais e humanitrias do mundo. Antes
de fundar a Concerts de Orao Greater New York em 1998, Mac servido com Concertos de
Orao Internacional e InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Em 2008, ele fundou a cidade
Leadership Center de Nova York (The NYCLC). A viso do Centro tornar-se um modelo de
lderes cristos que impactam o clima espiritual e social de um centro urbano. Mac o co-
autor de The Power of a City na orao (InterVarsity Press), um contribuinte para Sinais de
Esperana na Cidade (Judson Press), e autor de Liderana Espiritual no Global City (New
Publishers Esperana). Seu livro mais recente, Consequential Liderana, apresenta histrias
de 15 lderes que lutam por nossas cidades, nossos pobres, a nossa juventude e nossa
cultura (InterVarsity Press).
Disponvel em http://www.lausanne.org/content/lga/2013-06/global-city-influence-a-
personal-reflection
Acesso em 30/09/2015
A PERSONAL REFLECTION
MAC PIER
I moved to New York City in June 1984. The previous summer was spent in Bihar, India, just
below Nepal. Bihar at that time was the size of Nebraska with 100 million people. The ratio
of Hindus and Muslims to Christians was 100,000 to 1.
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I moved to New York City in June 1984. The previous summer was spent in Bihar, India, just
below Nepal. Bihar at that time was the size of Nebraska with 100 million people. The ratio
of Hindus and Muslims to Christians was 100,000 to 1.
In an interesting sort of way, Bihar prepared me for New York City. My hometown in rural
South Dakota had 600 people. Within fifty miles of Times Square in New York City more
than 20 million people live, or one out of every three hundred people on the planet.
What I have experienced living in New York City is a microcosm of what has been
happening around the world rural people have become urban. The Global South has
migrated to the Global North in astonishing numbers.
Tim Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, has argued that the
great global cities of the world (New York City, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong) have more
influence over the world than do many nation states.
Not only is there huge population density, but there is also enormous financial, spiritual,
and cultural influence. Richard Florida writes, In the United States, more than 90% of all
economic output is produced in metropolitan regions, while just the largest five metro
regions account for 23% of it.1 Florida continues, On a global scale, the world economy is
driven largely by forty metropolitan mega regions. The top ten mega regions, home to just
6.5% of the worlds population, produce 43% of the worlds economic output.2 Florida
comments on New York City, Remarkably, the economic output of a highly developed
megacity like New York eclipses the entire economic output of developing countries like
Mexico and India.3
Shifting Populations
It is estimated that by 2050 more than 70% of the global population will be urban. Ray
Bakke in one of his lectures indicated that roughly 16 million people a year, or half the
population of Canada, are migrating from rural China to urban China every year.4
The 2010 report by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity indicates that 859 million
people from 327 people groups were living in Diaspora or 12.5% of the global population.
Where is the Diaspora going? They are going to the cities.
There are two remarkable features of this global shift it is significantly Christian (47.5%)
and the top three receiving countries are the United States, India, and Colombia. Nearly
40% of the United States is from the Diaspora. Urban America is a primary beneficiary of
the Global Diaspora movement.5
The mandate for the church in the urban world is to identify and invest in emerging
spiritual leaders from the entire ethnic spectrum.
In my Flushing, Queens, neighborhood, more than one hundred languages are spoken. In
one decade, the 1980s, the community went from being 10% Asian to 50% Asian. The
nations have moved into the neighborhood.
For many people groups the word opportunity is spelled C I T Y. As a near majority of the
worlds people are living on less than US$2 a day, the city promises the hope of a better life.
Cities are the locus of better employment, better education, and a better future.
It is estimated that by 2050 more than 70% of the global population will be urban.
The speed of urbanization is startling five million people a month are moving into sizable
cities, a new San Francisco every month:6
The bad news is that the Christian mission of the church is simply not keeping up. Many of
our city centers are less than 5% Christian, even in the Christian West.
The good news is that this urbanization seems to be a work of God. In Gods promise to
Abraham in Genesis 12 to bless all the nations of the earth, the nations are all within
walking distance of many Christians living in urban centers. In my Flushing neighborhood
every major world religion is represented within a ten minute walk. This is something that
has presumably not happened before in world history.
Immigrants are open to new ideas and new ways of looking at things:
One estimate is that 80% of the Buddhists moving into New York City are spiritually open.
Five of the nine most populated Muslim counties in America are in Metro New York City.
This is a daunting reality in many immigrant churches as many as 90% of young people
growing up in immigrant churches never to come back upon high school graduation.
The mandate for the church in the urban world is to identify and invest in emerging
spiritual leaders from the entire ethnic spectrum and to envision the next generation to
plant themselves in the most influentially strategic cities in the world. Cities like Dubai,
Singapore, and Miami are emerging as gateway cities to the Latin world, Middle East, and
Asia. Young professionals need to be envisioned to plant themselves in these strategic
places.
The longer term outlook will depend on our personal and organizational agility to grasp
these realities and adjust accordingly. All of our denominations and agencies need to have
a clear grasp of the ramifications for our global strategies to impact global cities.
Study study a great city of the world to understand its history, demography, and current
spiritual reality.
Network connect with agencies and practitioners who share a common heart beat for the
great cities and join the emerging urban practitioner network.
Pray pray for laborers into perhaps the most strategic and opportune mission field in
world history.
Endnotes
1 Um, Stephen and Buzzard, Justin. Why Cities Matter. (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), p. 29.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Bakke, Ray. Bakke Graduate Lecture, Faith bible Church, Flushing, NY, June 2008.
5 Bellofatto, Gina A. On The Move, Lausanne Global Analysis, November 2012, pp 16-17.
6 Keller, Tim. Half Time Lecture, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, June
2011.
Dr Mac Piers driving passion is to prepare Christian leaders from a diversity of backgrounds
to impact the greatest spiritual, social, and humanitarian challenges in the world. Prior to
founding Concerts of Prayer Greater New York in 1998, Mac served with Concerts of Prayer
International and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In 2008, he founded The New York City
Leadership Center (The NYCLC). The vision of the Center is to become a model of Christian
leaders impacting the spiritual and social climate of an urban center. Mac is the coauthor of
The Power of a City at Prayer (InterVarsity Press), a contributor to Signs of Hope in the City
(Judson Press), and author of Spiritual Leadership in the Global City (New Hope Publishers).
His latest book, Consequential Leadership, features stories of 15 leaders fighting for our
cities, our poor, our youth, and our culture (InterVarsity Press).
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acesso em 30/09/2015