Urban Church P̶l̶a̶n̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ Plantations
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8024463059512837285#editor/target=post;postID=6116955329452016279 By christena on March 18, 2014 If you are preparing to do [ urban ministry ] and you’ve never had a non-white mentor, you are not an [urban minister], you are a colonialist. – adapted from Soong-chan Rah [i] Last week I had the honor of meeting with a group of urban pastors who’ve devoted their lives to serving Buffalo, NY. While discussing the challenges they encountered while doing urban ministry in a predominantly non-white, socio-economically oppressed [ii] city, the black, Hispanic and Asian pastors with whom I met raised a familiar issue, one that I’ve heard and witnessed all over the country. Same story, different city. Buffalo, like many other urban centers, has faced a shrinking population and declining business interest for decades [iii] . urban decay, Buffalo, NY But things rapidly changed in December 2013, when NY Governor Andrew Cuomo an...