City consciousness is about recognition and awareness of our connectedness as the church of Jesus Christ in the city. It is a proactive awareness of what God is doing and saying to his church in the city and our city's nature, culture, and state. It is loving the city and seeking its shalom. It is about local engagement from a citywide perspective. It is an acknowledging that it takes all to reach all. It is about equipping the disciples to be an instrument of the gospel transformation of the city.

Neil Powell explains how cities are complex systems, and therefore their problems require complex solutions. Which is easier, to count the number of jelly beans in a jar or to find ways to reach cities like London, Moscow, and Madrid with the gospel?

Luiz Santana shares his experience as a participant of the first ever Incubator cohort delivered entirely online. This blog was originally posted on the London Church Planting Academy blog, and is republished here with their kind permission.

Neil Powell addressed the Planting Collective conference in May 2019 and this was his final point of a weighty message. This excerpt was originally posted on the London Church Planting Academy blog, and is republished here with their kind permission.