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Having lived in Pittsburgh for almost a decade and being connected with the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation, I find Ray Bakke's thoughts regarding Urban Evangelism of great value. Here's a piece to get you started,

One of the barriers is not external in the big, bad city, but internal. It is a theological barrier. Most of us have a personal theology, a personal conversion. I would call it a Philippian theology - a theology of Christ who left the heavens and came down to live within us. A "my God and I" relationship - and it's wonderful. It's pietism. Most of us lack however, a Colossian theology of a transcendent Christ, who is Lord of the systems and structures of the world, including those gigantic macrostructures of the metroplace, the city. And without that Colossian perspective, we have relief theology, but no theology of reform.

For more consider hearing him at Urbana 06, picking up one of his books at InterVarsity Press, or check out Bakke Graduate University of Ministry (BGU)