1. We need to care about the city. We need to be concerned about the city, if for no other reason than our future is likely to be profoundly influenced by what happens there.
2. We need to change our view of the city and not see it as an evil place from which we ought to flee. Negative views are directly linked to disengagement.
3. Understanding the crucial importance of the city, we need to commit ourselves to living in the city. All true ministry is incarnational. We are unlikely to have much effect on the city if we are not living where we can be salt and light.
4. If our intent is to change or have an effect on a city, we have to engage at many different levels.

* We have to proclaim Christ to individuals and communities. That means church planting, church replanting, and church revitalization. With all of its faults, the church is God's chosen means of converting and transforming individual lives and the life of any given community. More Christians living out the gospel in the city will bring significant influence and change. We need to help people gain an in-depth under- standing of the application of the gospel to their lives.
* We have to "act justly and to love mercy" (Micah 6:8).
* We have to engage culture. Cultural forms are the primary way truth is communicated. Christians need to write, make films, and produce music and other forms of artistic expression. To change a city, you have to change how people think and feel.
* We have to help Christians apply their faith in all that they do, whether business, parenting, education, or anything else.