This document discusses following Jesus in the slums of megacities, which are experiencing unprecedented population growth. Over 1 billion people have migrated to cities in the last decade, with 1.3 billion now living in slums. The author argues that proclaiming the gospel to the poor and oppressed is the starting point, as evidenced by Jesus' mission. Several examples are given of incarnational missions and indigenous church movements among the urban poor in cities like Manila, Kolkata, and Nairobi. The goal is to train and mobilize many more workers to engage in grassroots ministry, justice, and transformation with the urban poor.

1. Following Jesus in the
Underside of Mega-
Cities
Viv Grigg
Associate Professor, Azusa Pacific University
Director, MA in Transformational Urban Leadership
International Director, Urban Leadership Foundation

2. The Greatest Migration in
History
 1 billion people in
th last ten years
have migrated to
the cities
 1.3 Billion in the
slums
 God is up to
something -
urbanization

3. His Purposes Begin in
Proclamation Among the Poor
The Spirit of the Lord
Is upon me
Because the Lord
Has anointed me
To preach good news
Among the poor
He has sent me
To proclaim freedom for the prisoners
And recovery of sight for the blind
To release the oppressed
To proclaim the year of jubilee
- Jesus call
Some of the first believers
in Tatalon, Manila

4. His Empowering as Prerequisite
The Spirit of the Lord
Is upon me
Because the Lord
Has anointed me
To preach good news
Among the poor
Some of the first believers
in Tatalon, Manila

5. Proclamation Leads to
Transformation
He has sent me
To proclaim freedom for the prisoners
And recovery of sight for the blind
To release the oppressed
To proclaim the year of jubilee
- Jesus call
The beginning of Transformation
is the formation of Loving
Communities

6. Incarnation + Proclamation =
Transformation
 As Jesus was sent
so he sends us
 Solidarity
Identification
 These are the
starting points
 Unless we die, the
much fruit doesn't
come

7. Jubilee - Economic Transformation
Proclaiming the Gospel is
To proclaim the year of Jubilee
¼ of Jesus' teaching is economic
What is Economic Conversion?
The Acts Model shows us:
Redistribution
Equalizing
Economic Empowerment
Immediately clusters of new
believers begin to experience Redemption
And Lift - we can supplement this by
training in economic discipleship

8. The Servant who Brings Justice
 Jesus' Poor = Dispossessed, Oppressed
Poor
 To preach liberty from oppression
 Preaching Jubilee means preaching about
redistribution and engaging in the
struggles for land rights
 Half the world is dispossessed
 Half of that ends in the slums – through no
fault of their own, simply lack of structure

9. Evangelicals stand with those
unjustly treated
 And speak of a Kingdom of Justice
 And labor to bring about justice

10. Missions who Preach Grace
and Do Justice
 Look around the booths
 In partnership with national movements
 Mission is now global

11. Manila, 74-85
New Zealand Servants base, 81-85
Kolkata, 83-94
Spanish
Servant-Partners, 85-87, 89, 92,00-02 Bangkok, 84
My own early years following the Holy Spirit, 1974-94
Intercession / Prophetic Catalyzing of Incarnational Works, Writing and
Mobilizing
Build like a master builder on Christ who is the foundation
Tamil, 06
Korean
Portuguese
Kairos, Sao Paulo, 87-89

12. Manila
Nairobi
Kolkata
Morada Sitio Shalom
Dhaka
Romania
Bangkok
Explosion of Other Incarnational Missions
Word Made Flesh
Lima
Mexico
Caracas
Innerchange
Urban Trek
Cairo Hong Kong
St Stephens Society
Church Missionary Society
Addis Ababa
We developed the Encarnacao Network to link these, and share training
Some of these form churches, others are prophetic, others do development
UNOH

13. Indigenous movements in the slums are multiplying far more rapidly in some cities.
In others there are still few churches, no movement.
Manila, 1500
Nairobi, 2000
Mexico, 1500 Addis Ababa, 6
Kolkata, 10
Phnom Phen, 3
Mumbai, 400
Sao Paulo, 10,000
Bangkok, 3
Chennai, 2000
Indigenous Movements in the Slums
What is God doing? They are now exploding

14. The Encarnação Alliance Foci
1989 Laussanne call for 50,000 cross-cultural slum
workers
Linking, Creating Synergies and Partnerships
among the Indigenous Urban Poor Movements
and Incarnational Missions
Mobilizing 50,000 new workers over
the decade for the 1736 Least
Evangelised Cities

15. Grassroots Training Delivery
 Grassroots Slum Pastors Training
Last Year 500+ slum pastors in 6 cities
Most recently in Kampala, Uganda (75), and
Hyderabad, India(70), Nagaland, Nagpur,
Suva, Manila,

16. MA in Transformational Urban Leadership - Slum
Movement Leadership
 Creating an Alliance of Institutions
 MA in Urban Leadership
 Live in/next to the slums
 Action-reflection
 First Urban Degree for Urban Poor Movement Leaders
 Reflection on movement leadership
 Enable leaders to move from 3 to 300 churches, into holism

17. Step 1: Western Incarnational missions
Step 2: Indigenous churches
Step 3: Slum Transformation
Step 4: Engaging the inustices
Step 5: City Transformation

18. Disciple the Nations
Disciple the urban poor
Disciple the structures and cultures that
create the poverty
= teaching the principles of the Kingdom to
the nations
Prepare the way for the King
Lay the foundations of the Holy City, which is
the church

19. And it all starts
By going among the poor.