Articles

Eight Keys To Church Growth In Cities, by Wendell Broom
On The Urban Scene, We Must Know The Territoty Glover Shipp. Christian Chronicle
Research: A Key to Successful Urban Evangelism Glover Shipp

Courtney, Thomas J. A Church Planting Strategy for the Urban Poor 1987 Westminster Theological Seminary dissertation 432 pages.
Lyman, J. Margaret. Understanding Religious Pluralism Urbanization, and Secularization, How They Affect the Church, and How the Church Can Respond 2003 (13 page academic paper – Fuller)

Books (NOTE: some are for a north American context)

Ahern, G. & Davie, G. Inner City God, London: Hodder & Stoughton 1987
Bakke, R., , The Urban Christian,Effective Ministry in Today’s Urban World. Downers Grove: IVP 1987
Bakke, Ray A Theology As Big As the City
Bennett, G.W., Effective Urban Ministry,Nashville: Broadman, 1983
Bernard, Dr. Daniel City Impact: How to Unify, Empower and Mobilize God’s People to Transform Their Communities Baker
Bolton, Robert J. Sons of Han Strategies of Urban Church Planting and Growth Among Chinese in East Asia (2002)
Bong, Rin Ro, (ed.), Urban Ministry in Asia: Cities the Exploding Missionfield, Taiwan: ATA, 1989
Buttram, Bryan Urban church planting agenda: Philadelphia (1982)
Claerbaut, D., Urban Ministry, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983
Clark, David. Urban World/Global City. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Routledge, 2003.
Conn, H.M. and Ortiz, M., Urban Ministry: The Kingdom, the City, & the People of God, Downers Grove: IVP, 2001
Conn, H.M., A Clarified Vision for Urban Mission: Dispelling the Urban Stereotypes, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987
Conn, H.M., The American City and the Evangelical Church, Grand Rapids: Baker 1994
Conn, Harvie M. Planting and Growing Urban Churches: From Dream to Reality (Jul 1, 1997)
Dawson, J.,, Taking our Cities for God,Carol Stream: Creation House 1989
Duncan, M.,, Costly Mission: Following Christ into the Slums, Melbourne: World Vision 1996
Forster, G. (ed.), Hope in the City, New York: Grove, 1988
Fuder, John ed.A Heart for the City: Effective Ministries to the Urban Community
Greenway, R., Disciple the City, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979
Greenway, Roger S. Guidelines for Urban Church Planting (1976)
Greenway, Roger S., and Timothy M. Monsma. Cities: Missions’ New Frontier. Grand Rapids , MI: Baker Books, 2000.
Grigg, V., Cry of the Urban Poor, Monrovia: MARC, 1992
Harper, N. (ed.), Urban Churches, Vital Signs: Beyond Charity Toward Justice, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999
Hiebert, Paul G. and Eloise Hiebert Meneses Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant, and Urban Societies by (Oct 1, 1995)
Hunter III, G.G., Church for the Unchurched, Nashville: Abingdon, 1996
Linthicum, R.C., City of God, City of Satan: A Biblical Theology of the Urban Church, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991
Livingstone, Greg. Planting Churches in Muslim Cities. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1993.
Meyers, E.S. (ed.), Envisioning the New City: A Reader on Urban Ministry, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1992
Ortiz, Manuel, and Susan Baker, eds. The Urban Face Of Mission: Ministering The Gospel In A Diverse And Changing World. Phillipsburg, N.J.: P&R Publishing, 2002.
Ortiz, Manuel. One New People: Models for Developing a Multiethnic Church
Pannell, W., Evangelism from the Bottom Up: What is the Meaning of Salvation in a World Gone Urban?,Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992
Perkins, J.M. (ed.), Restoring At-Risk Communities, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995
Posterski, D. and Nelson, G., Future Faith Churches, Winfield: Woodlake Books, 1997
Sibley, David. Outsiders in Urban Societies(Blackwell, 1981)
Sider, R.J., One-Sided Christianity? Uniting the Church to Heal a Lost and Broken World, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993
Silvoso, Ed That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through Prayer Evangelism Gospel Light
Silvoso, Ed. That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through Prayer Evangelism
Tonna, B. A Gospel for the Cities: A Socio-Theology of Urban Ministry, Maryknoll: Orbis., 1982
Van Engen, C., & Tiersma, J. (eds.). God So Loves the City: Seeking a Theology for Urban Mission, Monrovia: MARC, 1994
Villafane, E., Seek the Peace of the City: Reflection on Urban Ministry, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995
Wagner, C. Peter, et. al. (eds.). Praying Through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window. Seattle, WA: YWAM Publishing, 1994.
Winter, B., Seek the Welfare of the City: Christians as Benefactors and Citizens, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994

Books on anthropological research of cities

Eames, E. & Goode, J.G., Anthropology of the City: An Introduction to Urban Anthropology, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall. 1977
Fox, R.G., Urban Anthropology: Cities in their Cultural Settings, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall 1977
Giddens, Anthony, , Sociology, Cambridge: Polity Press 1989
Hannerz, Ulf, , Exploring the City: Inquiries Toward An Urban Anthropology, New York: Columbia University Press 1980
Press, Irwin and Smith, M.Estellie, , Urban Place and Process: Readings in the Anthropology of Cities, New York: Macmillan 1980
Rogers, Alisdair and Vertovec, Steven (eds.), , The Urban Context: Ethnicity, Social Networks and Situational Analysis, Oxford: Berg Publishers 1995
World Bank Infrastructure Group, Urban Development, Cities in Transition, Washington: The World Bank. 2000

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