The first of what we think/hope/pray/determine will be a series of regional webinars.
Topic: East Africa
Date/Time: July 11, 12-2pm EST
Price: Free for day-sponsors (those who have sponsored a day of ministry), $20 for others.
Topics to be covered
1. Short term trends: Somalia spillovers, Religious conflict, Millions of hungry & hot people, and the legacies of war
2. Medium term trends to 2025:
- The changing makeup of the population of East Africa
- The rapid urbanization of East Africa, and slumification of the area
- Economic changes: continued poverty, involvement of the BRICs
- Continued pastoralism and the interethnic debates and conflicts
- Impact of continued but declining disease and increasing health
- Relative peace, with glaring exceptions
- The New Technological Invasion
- The significant Christian presence
- The significant unreached regions, and the likelihood that they will be entered
3. Long term trends beyond 2050
- Massive regional population center of East Africa
- Implications of massive urbanization
- Trends in conflict, corruption, drugs, and structures of sin
- Implications of the distribution of connectivity via new technologies
4. 2100: a portrait
What you can do
- Register for the Webinar
- I’m looking for co-sharers. If you’re interested, email me.
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