Pray for Urban Canada

I read something today that really moved me. This is fuel for our Holy Spirit ignited passion. Please pray for us...

"Canada is changing. The population is becoming more urban with every passing year…We are less rural, less agrarian, less Caucasian. We are becoming a land with a few large, cosmopolitan concentrations of citizens.

"The Canada 2001 census indicates that 80 percent of Canada’s populations lives in an urban area, mostly in metropolises of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, and the Edmonton-Calgary corridor... They are vibrant centers of business, education, and the arts. At the same time, they struggle with increasing poverty, homelessness and crime. Such contrasts bring large challenges to ministry in urban centers.

"How do we meet these challenges? How do we reach an increasingly urbanized population with the message of Jesus Christ? …We must plant churches and ministries that will meet the real needs of real people whoever they are.

"PRAY…

• For a new generation of pioneers, who in the power of the Holy Spirit, will be missionaries to Canada’s cities
• That God would inspire Canadians to innovative ministries that will engage the wide diversity of needs in urban areas
• That Canadians would have a renewed vision for the salvation of their nation

(from the 2005 Missions Information and Prayer Guide, PAOC)