The toughest mission fields are not always to be found in another country thousands of miles away.I have been been involved in mission work in rural areas of Malawi Central Africa so know that traditional side of missions.Now as a bi-vocational pastor I am establishing a new work in my urban area, working especially in a very tough social housing project 2 streets away from my home.In addition to the gangs,drugs,and violence,there are many newcomers adjusting to life in a new country.Some are from Christian backgrounds,others from different religions altogether.They face the cultural divide of children who are now more comfortable in their new culture than in that of the home country.Some are single parent homes with missing fathers or homes under the pressures of cultural adjustments leading to sons in search of acceptance being recruited into the gangs or daughters ending up as young single mothers.Other families are established ones who have grown up there locked into a cycle of poverty through bad life decisions and missed opportunities.Two years ago a growing faith group of 11 families--all from various African countries--- was established within the project community, but was destroyed through the spiritual immaturity of the leader of this group.There are people from "outside"this project community even Christians, who because of its reputation will not go in because of fear.It is sad today that many churches have written off the tough inner-city areas in favor of ministry that is perceived as being more productive in growing sub-urban areas.In other cases churches start in urban areas,grow,then move to the suburbs in buying cheaper land to build after renting for years, or to expand through larger facilities.The areas left behind now lack a local church and people there are not always in a position to travel to the large growing commuter churches that are now much further away. There is a need for ministry in both areas--sub-urban and urban--, but the inner city areas today are crying out for those who are committed to being involved in meeting the spiritual needs that are represented there.We need to pray that this mission field will not remain an often neglected one.