When Church Planting Harms the City
The world is urbanizing. Cities are growing at astonishing rates—some estimates claim that by 2050, as much as 70 percent of the world’s population will be in urban centers.
We need churches in cities worldwide, and church planting is needed to keep pace with this move. Heady numbers and figures are often thrown around. But there’s a darker side sometimes hidden within this narrative.
As people move into cities, housing prices increase, and long-term residents can be pushed out, whether through formal means or by natural…
