Cities collect people from all nations

All around the world, people from many different ethnic backgrounds find homes in big cities. The same is true of Sydney as we welcome people from many different nations. For the Christian church it means that the task of world mission is both beyond our shores and in our cities. I made up a pie chart of the ancestry of people living near my church (from the 2001 Census Data).


It is quite amazing to see the huge diversity of people. Even in an area which has many Anglo-Celtic people (30%) there is the need for mission to people from many different backgrounds. The challenge for our church is to be able to engage in cross-cultural mission as we take the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations.

Whatever your religious or ethnic background the message of Jesus being Saviour and Lord is the most important thing you will ever hear - “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. " John 3:16

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has a good article on ethnic and religious diversity in Australia.

Face of Tomorrow tries to give a picture of what people will look like in the future in the cities which are experiencing global ethnic integration. Click here for their photo of the future face of Sydney.