Boston City Model

Boston

Elijah Kim

Grew up in Korea in a church with 850k members now.

God called me to go to the Philippines. Worked with 22,000 churches.

Current church has capacity of 1200.

Speaking worldwide.

Called back to England working on PHd. Surveyed many churches in Europe. The church is dying in Europe.

He returned

Audio recording started: 4:42 PM Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Came to Boston.

The story of Boston Christianity. God called him to Boston to see

First City in US. Lighthouse to the world. City of puritan awakening. First overseas missions from Boston.

History is there. From 1820-1920 Boston became the great . Many immigrants came to boston.

1-5 churches

60's White Flight. Churches began to grow in the cities from 1965 to today. Quiet Revival.

The church is growing because the ethnic church is growing. 300 churches grew to 650. Revival is happening. Boston has lessons for the world.

Many new converts in ethnic groups.

Church used to be homogeneous, now multi-cultural church.

Much unity in Church.

Revival is taking place JHOP Boston Awakening

Acts 1:8 model churches: The world is in Boston. One church in Boston has the largest television channel and seminary in Egypt. Haitian churches etc.

Vitality Project

Decline of mainline church life. New independent churches are growing.

Same Sex Marriage is a hot issues.

165 new church plants in 10 years.