Are We Neglecting Blue-Collar Cities?

John Starke has a good post dealing with some things he is learning about evangelism in light of reading many books and articles recently on that topic.  This point was helpful for me to read:

Blue collar, industrial areas are neglected in church planting and evangelism efforts. That is not to say that there is a complete neglect; there are certainly some great churches doing encouraging things that get overlooked. But by and large, it’s just not as appealing to go plant a church in places like Pontiac, Michigan. As far as I know, there is no exciting movement to engage mill workers with the gospel. People write more articles about evangelism to people in sky-rise apartments than people in manufactured homes. Young pastors should consider these areas of need, even if they don’t have a thriving arts community, shopping centers, or houses built after 1974.

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