Short Bio for Conferences: Viv Grigg

Through dependence on the Holy Spirit, Viv has been wandering poet in the global slums, a pioneer churchplanter in the slums, among migrants and students, urban missions founder, creator of new missions paradigms, author, visionary, prophet, global networker, social entrepreneur, simple family man, bumbling sinner with a singleminded focus over 45 years to see slumdwellers transformed by Jesus' Good News of Jubilee, and the transformation of oppressive city structures.

Or more formal, (boring?)...

Viv Grigg is a prophet and serial social entrepreneur bringing justice in dark places. He has pioneered ministries among students, migrants and in the slums of Manila, Kolkata, Los Angeles, Auckland; created and mobilized missions of workers to the slums from New Zealand, Brazil, the US; catalyzed global urban networks; as an academic he established the MA in Transformational Urban Leadership in multiple universities globally; author of 8 books and many articles on urban ministry, revival and transformation of cities. These have developed new paradigms in incarnational apostolic orders in the slums, transformative revival, slum-dwellers' theology, economic discipleship and others. Husband, father, mentor, creator of communities of love. All because of the Holy Spirit. He is a Kiwi (from New Zealander) with a deep call to develop national transformation in his own country.

PowerPoints

135 of these presentations may be found at http://www.authorstream.com. Most are simple quality but they do show teh depth of educational content and research training. Search for vivgrigg.

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Movie about Viv Grigg's work

Stewart, David, 2016. Poor Wise Man. www.poorwiseman.vhx.tv

45 minute documentary.

David Stewart is a videographer who joined me on a trip to Delhi and did an excellent job of interpreting some of my work, and concepts.

The Poor Wise Man Whiteboard explainer video

Presentations at MoveIn, 2014

Developing a Poor Peoples Church

The Poor Wise Man

Hovering Spirit, Creative Voice, Transforming Cities

Resource Websites

The sites below have been developed as resource sites for faculty in schools in the MATUL coalition. They are updated as new progressions are developed, so in various stages of completion. the current phase of development is to exlore multiplying these to the grassroots globally through a LMS.

1996. Building City Leadership Teams. http://www.urbanleaders.org/620Leadership/08cityleaders/index.html

1997. Transforming Revival.

http://www.urbanleaders.org/transrevival/

1998. Portuguese Training Materials

http://www.urbanleaders.org/Portuguese/

Masters level resource sites

2002. Urban Realities.

http://www.urbanleaders.org/540UrbanReality/ (Needs second half)

2002. Urban Poor Churchplanting. http://www.urbanleaders.org/530FaithComm/

2004. Encarnacao Alliance Training Commission website. www.urbanleaders.org/ma

2004. Community Economics.

http://www.urbanleaders.org/560CommEcon/