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Resources from Our Network
Books, articles, frameworks, tools, and meta networks — gathered from city movement leaders, deep dive conversations, and field-tested practice across the Lausanne Cities Network.
Reading from the field
Books from our network
Written or recommended by leaders connected with Lausanne Cities conversations — from theology as wide as a city to the practice of catalysing movements within it.
Mumbai & Beyond
Miraculous Stories & Practical Faith for Global Cities. Urban testimonies gathered at the YWAM City Consultation in Mumbai — compiled, edited, and introduced by Jacob Bloemberg — showing what God is already doing across the sub-continent, and what practical faith looks like in the world's great cities.
Ebook available now · Paperback coming soon
Flourishing Cities
A framework for reimagining cities as places where residents belong, contribute, find purpose, and live with dignity and hope — drawing on decades of global community work and doctoral research. Foreword by Cormac Russell.
The Table That Changed The World
Rediscovering love that unifies the church and heals cities — rooted in Luke 22, the hesed life of the early church, and Ian Shelton's decades of city leadership beginning July 1974.
Love Your City
The foundational text behind the Love Your City movement and the 5 Ps training framework. Grounded in twenty years of city movement work in Hanoi, Vietnam — a theological and practical guide to loving cities as God loves them.
Translations in Vietnamese, Russian & Hindi forthcoming
Center Church
A cornerstone of city-focused ecclesiology. Piet Brinksma adapted Keller's framework into the Four-Level Ecosystem Pathway for European post-Christendom contexts — showing how foundational city theology translates into staged movement development.
A Theology as Big as the City
The theological foundation of the urban mission tradition this network draws from. Ray Bakke makes the case that the city is a theological category — not merely a demographic one. Both Jacob Bloemberg and Daria Nardozza trained at Bakke Graduate University.
Why African Cities
A compelling case that Africa's cities are not merely a mission field but a mission multiplier. Rooted in the stories, data, and faith of leaders across forty African cities — and the Movement Day Africa ecosystem.
Why Asian Cities
Part of the growing "Why Cities" series, bringing the theological and missiological case for urban engagement to the Asian context. More titles in this series are forthcoming.
New York Disrupted: Bridging the Gospel to 2030
Mac Pier — founder of Movement Day — makes the case that New York City is a laboratory for Gospel engagement in a disrupted world. Foreword by A. R. Bernard and Adam Durso; afterword by Rev. Jon Tyson.
Disruptive City Women
Powerful stories of modern-day women releasing light to their cities — voices from the frontlines of urban mission.
Consequential Leadership
14 leaders fighting for our cities, our poor, our youth and our culture — portraits of city-changing leadership from across the Movement Day ecosystem.
The Power of a City at Prayer
What happens when churches unite for revival — the story of New York City's united prayer movement and what it reveals about God's work through a city aligned in intercession.
Spiritual Leadership in the Global City
A framework for leading urban mission in an increasingly globalised world — drawing on Mac Pier's decades of city movement work in New York and beyond.
To Transform a City
Whole Church · Whole Gospel · Whole City. A foundational text on what it takes to bring the whole church together around the whole city — theologically grounded and practically oriented.
Unlikely
How Kevin Palau and the Luis Palau Association built an unlikely partnership with the city of Portland — church and city government working together for the common good.
Love Our Cities
How a city-wide volunteer day can unite and transform your community — a practical model for mobilising the whole church in visible, collaborative service.
The City-Wide Church
Unity That God Blesses. A theological and practical exploration of what it means for the whole church of a city to function as one — and what God does when it does.
God Is a City Builder
His Father's Plan to Know His Community. Ian Shelton — also author of The Table That Changed The World — explores the biblical foundation for God's relationship with cities and what that means for local mission.
What we've published and recommended
Articles & reports
Field notes, theological documents, and field reports — from inside the network and from the broader global conversation that shapes it.
Lausanne Cities · 2025–2026
Trust Is the Pathway
The synthesis article that names the five-stage TRUST Pathway — Trace, Relate, Unite, Structure, Transfer — drawn from six continental deep dive conversations with city movement leaders across six continents.
Read the article →
Jacob Bloemberg · June 2026
From Baku to Mexico City: What WUF13 Reveals for the Church and the City
Field notes from the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku — on the housing crisis, the Faith Pavilion's growing role, and what the road to WUF14 Mexico City means for city movement leaders.
Read the field report →
Lausanne Movement · 2010
The Cape Town Commitment
The global statement urging "urgent strategic attention to urban mission, to love our cities with holy discernment and Christ-like compassion." Foundational theological mandate for the network's work.
Read at lausanne.org →
Lausanne Cities · 2025–2026 · Six articles
Continental Deep Dive Field Notes
Field notes from six listening conversations: Latin America, South Asia, Oceania, North America, Europe, and Africa — and the TRUST language that emerged through the journey.
Explore the deep dives →
Pew Research Center · 2015
The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010–2050
The demographic research cited in the South Asia deep dive — projections that shaped how JP's team frames the missional urgency of their city mapping work in India.
Read at pewresearch.org →
Lausanne Movement · 2024 · 500+ pages · 150+ contributors
State of the Great Commission Report
The landmark Lausanne 4 report mapping where the greatest gaps and opportunities are for Great Commission fulfilment through 2050. Brings together over 150 global strategic thinkers and the best available global data — including a dedicated chapter on urban communities.
Read at lausanne.org →
Lausanne Movement · 2024 · Extract from SGCR
Urban Communities — Extract from the State of the Great Commission Report
The urban communities chapter extracted from the State of the Great Commission Report — making the case for cities as central to Great Commission strategy. Available in English, with Hindi, Russian, and Vietnamese translations also in the network.
Download PDF →
Tools from the deep dives
Frameworks from the field
Practical tools developed by and for city movement leaders — locally rooted, regionally tested, and shared here because they have proven useful beyond where they were born.
Lausanne Cities · All Continents
The TRUST Pathway
Jacob Bloemberg · Lausanne Cities Network
Five stages that emerged from six continental deep dives: Trace (know your city) · Relate (build trust person by person) · Unite (find shared language) · Structure (build durable platforms) · Transfer (reproduce in new leaders and cities).
Trace
Relate
Unite
Structure
Transfer
Lausanne Cities · All Continents
The 5C+1 Framework
Jacob Bloemberg
Five non-hierarchical functions for a city movement core team — Catalyst (spark momentum) · Connector (weave trust) · Convener (design gatherings) · Coordinator (create rhythm) · Codifier (turn learning into transferable tools) — plus Coach as an external +1. Synthesised from Impact Networks and practitioner insights from a Mumbai Transformation Network spokesman.
All TRUST stages
Read full framework →
Take the assessment →
Lausanne Cities · Practical Field Guide
From Recording to Resource
Jacob Bloemberg
A practical, AI-assisted workflow for turning conference recordings and interviews into trustworthy books, reports, articles and training materials — nine steps, six human-approval gates, and twelve copy-ready AI prompts. Based on lessons from producing Mumbai & Beyond.
Structure Transfer
Read the guide →
Download PDF ↓
North America
The Tree Framework (12-part Diagnostic)
Rob Kelly · City Leaders Collective
WHO (cultivator) → WHY (roots: theology + vision) → WHAT (trunk, fork, limbs, branches) → HOW (crown: unity; fruit: city transformation). Celtic Trinity Cross at the centre.
Relate Structure
CLC coaching page →
Download CLC PDF
North America · Globally shared
The Four Greats
City Leaders Collective (Rob Kelly · Daria Nardozza)
Shared operating language for citywide collaboration: Great Commandment (love God) · Great Compassion (love neighbour) · Great Commission (make disciples) · Great Collaboration (do it together).
Unite
CLC coaching page →
Download CLC PDF
South Asia
The Five-Block / Nehemiah Model
JP · Movement South Asia
Five movement forces drawn from Nehemiah’s pattern — each always present, but not always healthy: Initiate · Intercede · Ingather · Intensify · Increase. Applied across 140+ cities through the Movement Day Scholars Program, equipping city leaders to develop 10-year decadal transformation plans.
Trace Relate Structure
Europe
Four-Level Ecosystem Pathway
Piet Brinksma (adapted from Keller's Center Church)
Connecting → Collaborating → Strategic → Holistic. A four-level diagnostic for post-Christendom city movements. Key insight: you cannot do Stage 4 work without Stage 1 foundations.
Structure
Download Lausanne Zoom PDF
Watch video →
Oceania
Oneness Tables + PLACE · PERSON · PARTNER
Greig Whitaker · Salvation Army · Australian oneness movement
Find your PLACE (local geography) · your PERSON (someone across difference) · your PARTNER (a practical joint initiative). "Walk together in all things, work together on some things." From a 55-leader roundtable where 90% said unity is the greatest need.
Relate Unite
Read deep dive →
Download slides ↓
Latin America
Movimiento LatAm Certificate Program
José Durán · Movimiento América Latina
Bilingual (English/Spanish) leadership training certificate. Active in twelve countries across Latin America — theology and practice of citywide movement development.
Structure Transfer
movimientolatam.org →
Lausanne Cities · All Continents
Love Your City Training Framework (5 Ps)
Jacob Bloemberg · Love Your City network
A five-stage training lens mapped across the TRUST Pathway: Principles · Posture · People · Partner · Process. Each TRUST stage draws on a different combination — making it a versatile guide for training cohorts at any stage.
All TRUST stages
loveyourcity.vn →
bloemberg.org →
Networks serving networks
Meta networks of city movements
Networks and platforms that connect or serve national, regional, or global city movement networks — through coaching, convening, resources, and shared learning.
City Leaders Collective
Rob Kelly and Daria Nardozza's global platform for city movement coaching, connection, and development. Daria is a catalyst on the LCN team.
cityleaderscollective.org →
Movimiento América Latina
José Durán's movement platform spanning twelve countries — bilingual training, city catalysts, and growing regional collaboration.
movimientolatam.org →
Movement South Asia
JP's movement platform — hundreds of Indian cities mapped, SALT gatherings, the Nehemiah Model, and the MDSP leadership pipeline.
movementday.in →
Movement Day Africa
The continental network across forty-plus African cities — led by Peter Watt, Stephen Mbogo, and Robert Ntuli — with a 2030 vision to develop, focus, gather, and multiply.
movementdayafrica.com →
CitiesCollab
The collaborative content platform connecting Lausanne Cities and WEA — where city practitioners, scholars, and planners share work and thinking globally.
citiescollab.com →
Lausanne Movement
The global evangelical movement for world evangelization — parent body of the Lausanne Cities Network and the broader family of Issue Networks.
lausanne.org →
World Evangelical Alliance
MOU co-signatory (October 2025). Dr. Chris Elisara and Kyle Wisdom lead the WEA Commission on Cities partnership with Lausanne Cities.
worldea.org →
Love Your City — Vietnam
A regional city movement network across Vietnam — Love Saigon, Love Danang, Love Hoian, Love Nha Trang, Love Hai Phong, and more coming. Rooted in twenty years of city mission led by Jacob Bloemberg.
loveyourcity.vn →
For city movement leaders
Training & coaching
Programs and pathways for leaders who want to grow in the craft of city movement — from academic formation to peer coaching cohorts.
Coaching · Globally open
CLC Coaching Cohort / CLC Connect
City Leaders Collective's coaching cohort helps city network leaders work through the Four Greats and City/Tree frameworks with monthly group coaching, peer learning, video curriculum, custom handouts, and the CLC Coaching Connect platform.
LCN is partnering with CLC to launch a global cohort in an Eastern Hemisphere-friendly timezone — coming soon.
Leadership development · South Asia + Africa
Movement Day Scholar Program (MDSP)
Three-level leadership pipeline: Level 1 (foundational city theology) · Level 2 (collaborative movement practice) · Level 3 (decadal city planning). Active in seventy-five South Asian cities and thirty-nine African cities by 2026.
Academic · Urban mission
Bakke Graduate University
Graduate programs in urban mission and transformational leadership rooted in the theology of Ray Bakke. Jacob Bloemberg completed a doctorate in Transformational Leadership; Daria Nardozza holds an MA in Global Urban Leadership and is pursuing further doctoral study.
Learning events · CitiesCollab · Global
Faith-Based Urban Thinkers Campuses
Structured learning and dialogue spaces launched in Singapore in 2019, in preparation for WUF10, and now held across five continents — bringing faith leaders into conversation with urban planners, policymakers, and city practitioners. A CitiesCollab initiative developed through the UN-Habitat partnership.
Latin America · Bilingual
Movimiento LatAm Certificate Program
Bilingual (English/Spanish) certificate for city movement leaders across twelve Latin American countries — led by José Durán through the Movimiento América Latina network.
Program details to be confirmed with José Durán — link coming.
Urban development · Online · Paid
Flourishing Cities Course & Community
An online course and learning community connected to André van Eymeren's book Flourishing Cities — exploring how to integrate wholeness in urban development. Includes André's wider ecosystem of practitioners and resources.
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These resources come from real conversations across six continents. Explore the deep dives that surfaced them — and the TRUST Pathway that emerged from the journey.