This course helps students to interpret the operations and infrastructure of cities and utilize the information in the construction of Christ-centered urban ministry. Students learn the principles of demographics and psychographics in understanding populations. Students will learn how to access and interpret government public data sources such as planning and zoning, public health, incarceration rates, and housing data. Understanding the social, political, economic infrastructures of the urban environment, students will learn how to utilize the information to identify disparities and marginalized populations and to construct ministry interventions.
TM 526: Decoding the City for Effective Ministry
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