Building Gospel Movements in the Cities of Europe
By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will be in cities.
The world is moving to cities. Our mission is to help accelerate gospel movements and church planting multiplication in the cities of Western, Southern, and Central Europe.
The need in European cities is great.
Need
Europe’s population: 741 million
Professing evangelicals: less than 5 million or 0.7%.
The startling contrast between the vibrant, packed churches of the Developing World and the empty cathedrals in Europe is widely known.
- Greg Pritchard, Director, European Leadership Forum
Significance
Europe is the leading educator of the world’s youth.
Europe is the source of the fastest growing religion in the world: atheism.
A battle for the gospel is ongoing in universities, seminaries, and churches.
- Greg Pritchard, Director, European Leadership Forum
Opportunity
Europe offers direct contact with millions of displaced people and groups.
- Greg Pritchard, Director, European Leadership ForumBy the year 2050, one in every five Europeans will be Muslim.
- Ed Stetzer, Director, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College
Hope
Although religion is in decline, there is a growing trend of actual belief, belonging and behavior.
The evangelical church in Europe is growing and that provides hope.
- Grace Davie, University of Exeter, City to City Conference, Paris, 2014
We are committed to impacting European cities with the gospel.
Collaboration with City to City
Europe City Partners works alongside City to City Europe to help build movements of the gospel in the cities of Europe.
“If you reach the City, you reach the world.
If you lose the City, you lose the world.
If you love people, you love the City.”
- a wise missiologist