Participants gathering at World Urban Forum 13 know that the future of our cities will require more than policy, infrastructure, and technology alone. Sustainable urban futures also require meaning, moral imagination, community trust, and shared purpose.
This is where faith communities matter.
Around 84% of the world identifies with a religious or spiritual tradition. Faith communities shape how people live, gather, care for neighbors, steward creation, and imagine the common good. At Faith for Cities, we believe the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) become most transformative when people engage them as faithful expressions of their deepest beliefs and values.
To support this work, Faith for Cities is beginning to share practical resources rooted within the particularity of the world’s religious and spiritual traditions — tools that help communities connect the SDGs with their sacred texts, spiritual practices, ethical teachings, and communal life.
Our inaugural offering comes from Christian traditions.
Faith for the Flourishing of All: Following Jesus into the SDGs is a free downloadable small-group study exploring how following Jesus invites communities into the work of justice, peace, ecological care, reconciliation, hospitality, and flourishing life for all.
We hope Christian communities will use and adapt this resource. We also hope it inspires leaders from other faith and spiritual traditions to create SDG engagement tools rooted within their own wisdom, practices, and stories.
Because sustainable futures will require not only outer change — but inner transformation, shared imagination, and collective action.
Peace, dwight
