TY - BOOK AU - Conn,Harvie M. TI - A clarified vision for urban mission: dispelling the urban stereotypes SN - 0310454417 PY - 1987/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Ministry Resources Library KW - Cities and towns KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Sociology, Urban KW - City churches KW - City missions N1 - 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." ER -