History of Urban Ministry

The History of Urban Ministry

• History of the City Mission Movement
• Christian Missions
• Short-term Missions

Urban Ministry Figures:

• Anthony, Susan B.
• Beecher, Lyman
• Begg, Alistair
• Boehm, Werner W.
• Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
• Booth, Ballington
• Booth, Catherine
• Booth, Bramwell
• Booth, Maud
• Booth, William
• Brace, Charles
• Campolo, Tony
• Claiborne, Shane
• Clarkson, Thomas
• Crittenton, Charles
• Doherty, Catherine
• Dorrell, Jimmy
• Evans, Tony
• Finney, Charles G.
• Garrison, William Lloyd
• Gordon, A.J.
• Grimke, Angelina
• Grimke, Francis James
• King, Dr. Martin Luther
• Lowell, Josephine Shaw
• McAuley, Jerry
• Moody, Dwight L.
• Mother Theresa
• Mott, Lucretia
• Nasmith, David
• Palmer, Phoebe
• Paul, William
• Perkins, John
• Pierce, Bob
• Ramabai, Pandita
• Raws, William
• Rodeheaver, Homer
• Romero, Oscar
• Seath, William
• Sharp, Granville
• Simpson, Albert Benjamin
• Spurgeon, Charles
• Stone, Lucy
• Stowe, Harriet Beecher
• Sunday, Billy
• Sunday, Helen Thompson
• Thurman, Howard
• Trotman, Dawson
• Trotter, Mel
• Tubman, Harriet
• Wallis, Jim
• Ward, Samuel Ringgold
• Weld, Theodore
• Wesley, Charles
• Wesley, John
• Whitefield, George
• Wilkerson, David
• Wilberforce, William
• Williams, George
• Wilson, Bill

Civil Rights Figures:

• Abernathy, Ralph
• Farmer, James L.
• Grimke, Francis James
• Jackson, Jesse
• King, Dr. Martin Luther
• Lawson, James
• Lewis, John
• Lowery, Joseph
• Parks, Rosa
• Randolph, A. Philip
• Shuttlesworth, Fred
• Walker, Wyatt Tee
• West, Cornel
• Wilkins, Roy
• Young, Whitney

Missionaries:

• Anderson, William
• Aylward, Gladys
• Baker, Heidi
• Borden, William Whiting
• Cable, Alice Mildred
• Carey, William
• Carmichael, Amy
• Edelman, Marian Wright
• Edwards, Jonathan
• Goforth, Jonathan
• Grenfell, Wilfred
• Gützlaff, Karl
• Jones, E. Stanley
• Judson, Adoniram
• Laubach, Frank
• McCoy, Isaac
• McGavran, Donald
• Moon, Lottie
• Mott, John
• Paton, John Gibson
• Roseveare, Helen
• Scudder Family of Missionairies in India
• Studd, Charles
• Taylor, Hudson
• Townsend, William Cameron
• Veenstra, Johanna
• Zwemer, Samuel

Organizations and their History:

• Association of Gospel Rescue Missions
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• Children's Aid Society
• CityTeam Ministries
• Christian and Missionary Alliance
• Charity Organization Society
• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
• Metro Ministries
• National Florence Crittenton Mission
• The Salvation Army
• U.S. Center for World Mission
• Volunteers of America
• World Gospel Mission
• World Vision
• YMCA

Historic Rescue Missions

• Dublin Christian Mission
• Glasgow City Mission
• Kansas City Rescue Mission
• Lima Rescue Mission
• London City Mission
• Long Beach Rescue Mission
• Pacific Garden Mission
• Sunday Breakfast Mission
• Union Rescue Mission