I.  Key Questions:

• What Old Testament passages inform us about urban ministry?
• What New Testament passages inform us about urban ministry?
• How did the early Christian church view the City and ministry in it?
• Who are some of the Biblical personalities that help us understand ministry in the City?
• Who, throughout Christian history, can inform us about urban ministry?
• What are Nazarene roots with regards to urban ministry?
• What is the current challenge for the Church of the Nazarene with regards to urban ministry?
• What gets in the way for us doing effective urban ministry? 

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II.  To Prepare: Biblical Study  

Read Isaiah 65:17ff.

• Is this a vision of the New Jerusalem only?
• Does this vision imply God’s passions and God’s agenda?
• Should not that same agenda motivate us now?
• What aspects of the agenda are given in this passage?
• What does this vision have to do with evangelism and church planting?
• Is there any relationship between this Holy City and the City you live in?
• What do you see around you that is promoting the values and lifestyle of God’s agenda?