Urban Rural Mission

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The Urban Rural Mission[1][2][3] is a programme of the World Council of Churches. It started with the Council's third assembly in New Delhi (1961), when concerns were raised about mission in urban and industrial societies.[4]

In the late 1990s, URM Canada funded several activities including story-telling circles in Black Nova Scotian communities, hosted an intercultural women’s day and organized a wilderness retreat for Aboriginal youth, among other activities. It later produced a video entitled “This Is Our Story and We Live By Telling It - Storytelling as Community Development.”[5]

References

  1. ^ "Urban rural mission (M&E)". www.wcc-coe.org.
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  3. ^ Gern, Wolfgang (April 2011). "Urban Rural Mission (URM)". Religion Past and Present.
  4. – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Anglican Church in Canada website