2009 Urban Forum | Opening session

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he 2009 Urban Forum brought together Salvation Army urban ministry practitioners, and others, to talk about new ideas, new ways of reaching the poor and how to better support each other. The four-day event was held in Cleveland, USA in late January 2009 and was a joint project of The Salvation Army USA Eastern Territory and The Salvation Army Canada & Bermuda Territory. Over the next few months theRubicon will provide audio and written material from the conference, beginning today with the plenary address on the opening night by Major Geoff Ryan.

Geoff is the convenor of the Urban Forum, the publisher of theRubicon and the co-ordinator of the 614 Network. Geoff and his wife Sandra minister in Regent Park, a social housing project in downtown Toronto, Canada.

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