The United Nations Report on Human Settlements 1996
Oxford University Press. 559 pages. £18.99
ISBN 0 19 823346 9
I have been reading a book that I hope may inspire many of us to 'venture all' (William Carey's words) for the kingdom of Christ. An Urbanising World is not a gripping read and unlikely to be a best-seller, but it can awaken us to the vast spiritual needs of our world.
It is the report of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements held in Istanbul in June 1996 and is basically a snapshot of a world that is urbanising at an accelerating rate. Like it or not, we live in a world in which more and more people will live in cities, and this poses a great missionary challenge to us as Christians.
