God loves cities. The book of Jonah is the proof of it. God sent a prophet to bring repentance to a very wicked city. The work of one man can make a difference to one city. Jesus loves cities because He loves people, and cities are where most people now live. More than 100 years ago Ellen White challenged the Adventist movement to reach the cities using innovative methods, “There is means now tied up that should be in use for the unworked cities... These cities have been neglected for years” (Evangelism, p.428). Let’s use creativity and persistence to follow God’s call to reach the cities.
580 cities have a population of more than 1 million people. Of these cities, 31 have not even one Seventh-day Adventist congregation, and 119 have fewer than 125 Adventists. Ellen White wrote, “The work in the cities is the essential work for this time” (Review and Herald, Nov. 17,1910, par. 8). Today the world’s urban population is 13 times greater than when she wrote.
If you were to watch a line of Cairo residents walking past the Great Pyramid at the rate of one person every five seconds, it would take six days before you would see one Seventh-day Adventist.
Your offering today will establish Seventh-day Adventist presence in cities around the world.