A clarified vision for urban mission :

Conn, Harvie M.

A clarified vision for urban mission : dispelling the urban stereotypes / Harvie M. Conn. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Ministry Resources Library, 1987. - 240 pages ; 21 cm

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231).

The rural/urban myth: "it's the city, what do you expect?" -- The depersonalization misunderstanding: "in the city I'm a number, not a person" -- The crime generalization: "I'm afraid of the city" -- The secularization myth: "any faith dies in the city" -- The privatization generalization: "it's bigger than any of us" -- The power misunderstanding: "you can't fight city hall" -- The monoclass generalization: "nobody in the city but poor folks."

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Cities and towns--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sociology, Urban.
City churches.
City missions.