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Peace for Cities:When the Whole City Works for EveryonePresenter: H. Spees, [email protected], www.leadershipfoundations.org

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The 21st Century: A Global Urban Challenge

The 21st Century: A Global Urban Challenge

World Population 2025

75%

25%

UrbanRural

Urbanization: People are moving to Cities

Globalization: Nations are moving to Cities

“If present trends continue, tomorrow’s mega-cities loom as urban nightmares.”

Father Benigno Beltran; Serving with the Urban Poor: Cases in Holistic Ministry

Four Realities of Urbanization

Geography without Community

Activity Rich but Systems Poor

Growing Disparity between Rich and Poor

Denominationalism without Ecumenism

PeaceFor the City

A Vision of Peace:Cities transformed into places of shalom.

Connect leaders, Change lives, Transform cities.

“Cities throughout the world will be transformed into places of shalom…”

Jeremiah 29:7 “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Zechariah 8:4-5

“This is what

the Lord Almighty says:

Once again men and women

of ripe old age will sit in the

streets of Jerusalem, each

with cane in hand because

of his age. The city streets

will be filled with boys and

girls playing there.”

See also: Isaiah 65:17-25

Socio-Spiritual Urban Transformation

“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Socio-Spiritual Urban Transformation

Peace requires Social Renewal.

Peace requires Spiritual Renewal.

The Fresno Story – 1992 – 2009Leaders Transforming Geography into Community

A Hopeful City A City that went from last

place to All-American City

in 8 years:

• Crime Reduction

• Neighborhood Development

• Participatory Civic Culture

• Tale of Two Cities becoming Story of One Community

• Model for faith-based civic renewal

A Desperate CityA City where Crime and

Violence were out of

control:

• Highest rate of violent crime for any California County in every category but murder.

• Children killing children.

• 128 gangs.

• 13,000 car thefts.

• L.A. Riots.

Two Other City Stories

Pretoria/Tshwane South AfricaA City Torn Apart by Apartheid.

Tacoma A City Gripped by Gang Violence

Addressing The 21st Century

Global Urban Challenge

Seeing Your City:The Systems & Structures of Your City

Components:

• Civil Society

• Sectors

• Institutions

• Connectors

• The Church

Seeing Your City:The Systems & Structures of Your City

Civil SocietyLosing Tension Between

Community and Individual

Community Creative Tension

ProsperityFueling Materialism,

Fueling Individualism

BiblicalValues

DemocraticRepublican

Values

Individual

ExpressiveIndividualism

UtilitarianIndividualism

What We Do:We Rebuild Community

Seeing Your City:The Systems & Structures of Your

City Restoring Civil Society

By Strengthening Community

Community Creative Tension

ProsperityFueling Materialism,

Fueling Individualism

BiblicalValues

DemocraticRepublican

Values

Individual

ExpressiveIndividualism

UtilitarianIndividualism

Church

CommunitySector

The 4 Sectors

Private Sector Public Sector

Non-Profit/Service Sector

Seeing Your City:The Systems &

Structures of Your City

Neighborhood/

Volunteer Associations

Local Schools

Families/Children&Youth

Congregations



The Community Sector is made up of Neighborhoods:

Comprised of Several Mediating Institutions

Seeing Your City:

Every City is a ladder.

Each rung is an elementary school neighborhood.

Media

Business

Labor

Non-ProfitsChurch

OtherReligious Groups

LawEnforce-

ment

Govern-ment

PublicSchools

Neighborhood

PrivatePublic

Non-Profit/Service

CommunitySector

= InstitutionsSeeing Your City:The Systems &


Connectors between Neighborhoods and Institutions

Connectors betweenInstitutions

Connectors

Neighborhood



Media

Business

Labor

Non-Profits

2. In theChurch asInstitution

Other Rel. Groups

LawEnforcement

Govern-ment

PublicSchools

Neighborhood

Private

Public

Non-Profit/Service

Community

= 5 Venues

The Church

1.Through local congregations and leaders in Neighborhoods

4. In all theConnectors

3. Through individual leaders in Institutions

5. Prayer in, for, and over all



Mobilizing the Church: A Theological Reflection

•Biblical: Jesus' statement to Peter and the nature of the church

•Theological: The church as “Big C” and “little c”

•Ecclesiological: The five streams of the church

•Sociological: The role of the church in urban communities

Mobilizing the Church:Biblical Principles

Key Principles

1. Operationalizing the Unity of the Body (John 17)

2. Releasing the Ministry of the Laity (Eph. 4)

Ephesians 4: 2-13 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit-- just as you were called to one hope when you were called—one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it…

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Jesus: "My prayer is not

for them alone. I pray also

for those who will believe

in me through their

message, that all of them

may be one, Father, just as

you are in me and I am in

you. May they also be in us

so that the world may

believe that you have sent

me. I have given them the

glory that you gave me,

that they may be one as

we are one: I in them and

you in me. May they be

brought to complete unity

to let the world know that

you sent me and have

loved them even as you

have loved me. John

17:20-23

Mobilizing the Church:Strategy

The Problem: The Church is the most fragmented institution in any city.

The Need: Creating new structures and connections in a city to help congregations and ministries partner and collaborate.

Outcome: Prayerfully apply the principles of partnership and collaboration to help the Broken Body of Christ effectively transform the city - socially and spiritually.

“The Church is the

only institution

capable of re-

civilizing broken

urban

environments”

- Peter Drucker

Mobilizing the Church: Connecting the Church and the City

Connecting a critical mass of the broken…

To the multi-sector reality of the…

For the sake of the…

Body of Christ

(Eph, 1 Cor)

City(42 References

in book of Acts)

Last (Mt 18)

Least (Mt 25)

Lost (Mt 28)

Releasing God’s ResourcesThrough reconciled relationships

For the rebuilding of the City.

Church Resources Civic Resources Outcomes

Media

Business

Labor

Non-Profits


Other Rel. Groups

LawEnforcement

Govern-ment

PublicSchools

Neighborhood

Private

Public

Non-Profit/Service

Community

= 5 Venues

The Church





Too Complex?

Simple Approach #1: The Church Ruling the City

Church - Centric

Church

City

Evaluation:Condemning and

Judgmental

Simple Approach #2:The Church Escaping the City

City

Church

Attack and Defend

Evaluation:Compassionless and

Judgmental

Media

Business

Labor

Non-Profits


Other Rel. Groups

LawEnforcement

Govern-ment

PublicSchools

Neighborhood

Private

Public

Non-Profit/Service

Community

= 5 Venues

The Church





As complex as Democracy

Leading in the City 1:Incarnational Leadership

Transformational Urban Leadership

Leaders who see, transform their cities.

“Cities throughout the world will be transformed into places of shalom, fulfilling Zechariah’s vision.”--Vision of Leadership Foundations

Luke 19: 41-44: As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes…because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you.

Nehemiah 1: 3-4

They said to me, “Those who

survived the exile and are

back in the province are in

great trouble and disgrace.

The wall of Jerusalem is

broken down, and its gates

have been burned with fire.”

When I heard these things, I

sat down and wept. For

some days I mourned and

fasted and prayed before

the God of heaven.


A Three-legged Stool:

Transformational: God

Urban: City

Leadership: Men and Women

Esther 4: 13-16

“If you remain silent at this

time, relief and

deliverance…will arise from

another place…And who

knows but that you have

come to royal position for

such a time as this?”

Esther replied: “…I will go to

the king, even though it is

against the law. And if I

perish, I perish.”


A City is Changed by Transformational Urban

Leadership Three Perspectives, Six Characteristics

Personal LeadershipCalledIncarnational

Ministry LeadershipReflectiveServantProphetic

World LeadershipContextualizedGlobalShalom

Source: Bakke Graduate University, D.Min Program

Personal

World Ministry


Transformational Urban Leaders See and Connect their City

Seeing how your city works

Connecting the Seen, Unseen, and Hidden Assets

Loving the People and Place loved by God

Theology of Incarnational Leadership

“Leaders Transforming Geography Into Community”

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.”

John 1: 1, 14 The Incarnation

“Have this mind among you which you have in Christ Jesus,Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equalityWith God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself…”

Philippians 2: 1-11

Theology of Incarnational Leadership

Syllabus Definition: The Leader pursued shared experiences, shared plights, shared hopes; in addition to shared knowledge and tasks.

Incarnational Leaders in Scripture: Leaders who choose to share experiences, plights, hopes, knowledge, and tasks with their people for a redemptive purpose:

Job MosesRuth EstherJeremiah NehemiahWoman at the Well PaulPeter JesusOthers

Locality of the Incarnational Leader

Incarnational Leaders find their place in their city and build connection to release resources…

The Sectors, The Church, and the VulnerableFinding your place on the Pizza ChartFinding your role as a follower of Christ and a part of his Body in the CityMaintaining the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable as a reference point.

Quality of Incarnational Leadership

People and ProgramsPeople and Programs

Well-known People:

Nelson Mandela; Mother Teresa; Jember Teffera, Addis Ababa; John and Vera Mae Perkins, Mississippi

Wayne and Ann Gordon, Lawndale Ray and Corin Bakke, Chicago, Illinois Ronnie Welong, Pontionac, Indonesia

Fresno People: Randy White, Alan Autry, Roger Minassian, Artie Padilla, Brian King

People in your City: Identify a person in your city you have admired as an incarnational leader.

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Principles of the Incarnation

An Incarnational Approach to Leadership Includes:

Downward Mobility Inside Out Approach Asset-based Orientation With Developmental Empowering

Principles of the Incarnation

What is the Opposite of an Incarnational Approach? (Heirarchical, institutional, non-

relational, bureaucratic) Power based Outside In Deficit Based For Charitable Dependency Creating

Leading in the City 2:Issues Facing

Transformational Civic Leaders

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Measuring the Impact of Our Work

Evaluation should tell you the following:

1. Transparency – can I see areas for improvement? Mission relevancy, responsive to community need

2. Leverage – do my results add value? Effectiveness of services; opportunities for partnership and cross-sector service delivery

3. Transferability – will others who use this model get the same results? Systems improvement vs. working in isolation

4. Accountability – are my results acceptable to my investors? Organizational sustainability/growth/expansion

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Components of the System

Outcomes and Indicators

Measurement Tools

Evaluation Plan and Schedule

Reporting Structure

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Evaluation questions important to our work

How do you measure leadership development?

How do you report the benefits of collaboration?

Is relational capital measurable?

Connecting the City

Connecting the City by Building Faith-based Civic Infrastructure

The Problem: • The Church is the most fragmented institution in any city.• Most forms of Faith-based Civic Infrastructure have been

created out of division, are vertical in structure, and are disconnected from specific civic concerns or work, and are competitive.

The Need:Horizontally connecting, civically engaging, collaborative structures

Proposal: Prayerfully apply the principles of partnership and

collaboration, enabling the broken Body of Christ to effectively transform the city - socially and spiritually.

“The Church is the

only institution

capable of re-civilizing

broken urban

environments”

- Peter Drucker

7 Examples of Faith-based Civic Infrastructure

1. Strategic Prayer

2. Christian Community Development

3. Leadership Networking

4. Faith-based Civic Intermediaries

5. Collaborative Programs

6. Community Organizing, Training, Theological Education, or Missional Networks

7. Congregational Connecting and Equipping



Case Study #1: Strategic Prayer

Leadership Prayer Breakfasts

Intercessory Prayer Networks

Pastors Prayer Summits• www.prayersummits.net • Joe Aldrich’s lesson on Support

Group vs. Civic Engagement


Case Study #2: Christian Community Development • Neighborhood Ministries

• Local Church basedFaith Based Non-ProfitsJember Teffera, Addis Ababa

– www.ihaudp.org– Integrated Holistic ApproachUrban Development Project

• AffiliatesWorld ImpactHabitat for Humanity

• Christian Community Dev’t Ass’n • ccda.org


Case Study #3: Leadership Networking Multi-Sector, Christ-centered Leadership Forum“No Name Fellowship”

Mission:Releasing God’s Resources through Reconciled Relationships for Rebuilding Our City

Other:Pittsburgh OffensiveLeaders CollaborativePretoria Church Foundation


Case Study #4: Faith-based Intermediary Leadership Foundations:Working for the Social and Spiritual Renewal of the Citywww.leadershipfoundations.org

A Faith-based Civic Intermediary:Operationalizing the Unity of the Church for Civic Renewal

Other:Mission AmericaPastors or Youth Pastors Networks


Case Study #5: Collaborative Programs After School / Youth Mentoring Programs

• Communities in Schools• CORAL• Amachi• Acts Six

Recovery Network

Citywide Events • Justice Revivals, Promisekeepers, etc.

Law Enforcement Partnerships• Chaplaincy • Neighborhood Prevention Programs• Youth Gang Prevention

Affordable Housing Partnerships


Case Study #6: Neighborhood Community Organizing

Organizing Strategies and Groups• Asset Based Community Dev’t

northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html

• Christian Comm Dev’t (ccda.org)• Comm. Econ. Dev’t (ncced.org)• Community Organizing IAF,

PICO, Acorn, others• Appreciative Inquiry• Civic Participation• Equipping LTN.org• Collaboration wilder.org• Transforming Power

By Robert Linthicum


Case Study #7: Congregational Equipping

Equipping the Saints and Releasing the Laity• City as Parish• Pastors Clusters• Equipping (LTN)• Bakke Graduate University• Center for Transforming Mission• Other

Leadership Foundations VISION

Cities across the world will be transformed into places

of shalom.

Leadership FoundationsMISSION

Leadership Foundations exists to develop, strengthen, and sustain the

international network of local leadership foundations committed to working for the social and spiritual renewal of their cities

around the world.

The Connecting Role of a Faith-based Civic IntermediaryLeadership Foundations: 7 Values

We value the city. We are committed to both people and place. We seek the physical, social, spiritual renewal of both. Our cities can be places of relationship, opportunity, and grace for all.

We value the vulnerable. We see God’s unrelenting concern for the poor, widowed, migrant, sick, prisoner, homeless, and oppressed. We work in partnership to build opportunities and a better life for those who live at the margins.

We value leadership. A city’s diverse leadership will need to be engaged. We value a Biblical view of leadership that seeks the welfare of others, uses everyone’s gifts, heals divisions, and accomplishes the task.

We value the church. The whole church in a city has tremendous resources to bring. We seek to unite the church and connect its resources with those of other sectors to renew our cities.

We value empowerment. Our work should not patronize, but free and empower.

We value reconciliation. This work requires listening, respect, not pointing fingers, and united work for the welfare of the city.

We value risk. Creativity, innovation, and courage will be required.

LF provides LLFs

Readiness (training events and technical assistance)

Relationships (partnerships with others doing similar work)

Resources (funding opportunities and model programs)

The LF method of transforming cities:3 Functions of a LLF

Engaging followers of Jesus Christ from all sectors, plus other leaders of good will to tackle a city’s greatest challenges, especially those affecting people who are poor or vulnerable.

Developing joint efforts or initiatives in a city to transform people and place.

Building the capacity of people andgroups for joint service and ministry.

Leadership Foundations: 8 CapabilitiesThe 8 Core Capabilities of Effective Local

Leadership FoundationsProgram• Embracing A City Strategy• Mobilizing the Church• Engaging Leaders from Across the City• Building Partners’ CapacitiesOperating• An Effective Team• Solid financing• Evaluation• Telling the Story

The Connecting Role of a Faith-based Civic Intermediary

LF Is Currently Doing This Work In 54 Cities Around The World

The LF Method of Transforming Cities Directly Addresses the Four Realities of the Global Urban Challenge:

How Does YOUR LLF address…

1. Geography without Community2. Activity Rich but Systems Poor3. Disparity between Rich and Poor4. Denominationalism without Ecumenism

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Value Propositions

Local focus with Global impact

Leveraged resources producing exponential results

Trusted and tested delivery system of Readiness, Relationships and Resources

Demonstrated mechanism that unifies the Body of Christ

Community of people who share a common vision, mission and values

Leadership Foundations: Examples How a few of our Cities have seen and connected their cities:• Tshwane Leadership Foundation (Pretoria, South Africa)• Northwest Leadership Foundation (Tacoma)• Goodcity Leadership Foundation (Chicago)• Memphis Leadership Foundation (Tennessee)• Stockton Leadership Foundation (California)• Bangalore Leadership Foundation (India)• Nehemiah Foundation (Springfield, Ohio)

The Connecting Role of a Faith-based Civic Intermediary

The “Connecting My City Challenge”

Part 1: Using the Pizza Chart to Create Vision:

• Think of the Pizza Chart as a Sight.• Think of one or two neighborhoods.• Lay the Pizza Chart over the neighborhood(s).• Think about the leadership and other assets needed for

development (blue circle). • Think about “connecting the dots” for positive church

engagement (5 church points of engagement).• Think about “connecting the dots” for multi-sector

resourcing (institutional boxes).• Share with a partner.

Hebrews 11:8-10

By faith Abraham, when

called to go to a place he

would later receive as his

inheritance, obeyed and

went, even though he did

not know where he was

going. By faith he made his

home in the promised land

like a stranger in a foreign

country…For he was looking

forward to the city with

foundations, whose

architect and builder is God.

Connecting My CityTargeting NeighborhoodsUsing the Pizza ChartAs a Sight.


Part 2: Using the Pizza Chart to Describe a Project that has helped Build Your City:

• Think of a project with current positive outcomes.

• Describe how the leadership and other assets in the neighborhood (blue circle) are connecting.

• Using the 5 church engagement points, describe any positive church engagement. What faith-based infrastructures have been used/developed?

• Using the boxes as institutional resource centers, describe any multi-sector resourcing.

• Share with a Partner.

Acts 14: 19-22

“…They stoned Paul and

dragged him outside the

city, thinking he was dead.

But after the disciples had

gathered around him, he got

up and went back into the

city. The next day, he and

Barnabas left for Derbe.

They preached the good

news in that city and won a

large number of disciples.”


Part 3: Using the Pizza Chart to Create the next Project to help Build Your City:

• Think of a challenge requiring connected resources.• Describe how to connect the leadership and other assets

needed from the community (blue circle).

• Using the 5 church engagement points, describe how church resources can be mobilized to meet the challenge. What faith-based infrastructures are needed?

• Using the boxes as institutional resource centers, how can required multi-sector resources connect?

• Share with a Partner.

I Corinthians 18:9-10

One night the Lord spoke to

Paul in a vision: “Do not be

afraid; keep on speaking, do

not be silent. For I am with

you, and no one is going to

attack or harm you, because

I have many people in this

city.”

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