el - not immediately experiential - of divine intervention into the entirety of human history and therefor into contemporary urban history" (Tonna 193). These words echo basic truths in the previous pages. Psalms 37:25 says "I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread." The nature of God and history itself bares out this premise of "divine intervention into the entirety of human history." "In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost" (Matthew 18:14). It is the will of God that all people be reached with the message of salvation. Through urbanization the church is not only faced with great opposition but also great opportunity to reach many people in a short time and area. "…and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8 Works CitedEllison, Craig W. Urban Mission Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1974.Findley, James F. Church People in the Struggle New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.Giradet, Herbert The Giai Atlas of Cities http://www.gaiabooks.co.uk/books/cities.html1999Hurst, Charles E. Social Inequality: Forms, Causes and Consequences Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1992Hunter, Mark The Changing Family Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1998Shults, Thom and Joani Why Nobody Learns Much of Anything at Church: And How to and How to Fix It Loveland, CO: Group Publishing, 1996The Holy Bible The New International Version Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing, 1994.Tonna, Benjamine A Gospel for the Cities: A Socio-Theology of Urban Ministry New York: Orbis Books, 1988Vandermeulen, Arnold J. Skid Row Life Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing, 1956Wooden, Wayne S. Renegade Kids, Suburban Outlaws: From Youth Cultu...
