Guest: Christopher Brooks, Campus Dean, Moody Theological Seminary
“Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” (Acts 18:9-10)
While poverty, government dependency, fatherless families, educational lag, out of wedlock births, abortion, and drug use exist all across America, the large urban centers of our country are particularly characterized by these problems.
The people who populate these urban areas are mostly minority groups, such as blacks and hispanics. Even 50 years after the civil rights movement and now with a black president, cries of “structural injustice” and “institutional racism” persist as being causal for urban plight.
Whatever the reasons for the problems, how should Christians and churches be reaching into urban areas with helpful solutions, and most importantly, the gospel?
Christopher Brooks, an African-American pastor in Detroit and the campus dean of Moody Theological Seminary, will join us this weekend on The Christian Worldview to talk about urban culture in light of his recent book, Urban Apologetics: Why the Gospel is Good News for the City.
