Global Youth Ministry Network - Asia » NCR http://www.gymn-asia.net Training Youth Leaders Internationally Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:26:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 The Cities within the City http://www.gymn-asia.net/2010/03/the-cities-within-the-city/ http://www.gymn-asia.net/2010/03/the-cities-within-the-city/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:05:25 +0000 Alvan Victor http://www.gymn-asia.net/?p=2483 NCR

Metro Manila, also known as the National Capital Region or NCR, is the most densely populated region of the Philippines (having a population of 11,553,427 in a 2007 census). It is also a bunch of cities within a city, having no provinces, instead being subdivided into 16 cities and one municipality as seen below:

Metro_manila_map

In this area are a number of different peoples. Herein are the Tagalog, Visayans, Ilocanos, Bicolanos, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, and Moro groups (mostly Maranao and Maguindanao). Tribal groups (such as the Igorot and the Bajau) have also settled here. There are also people of Chinese, Japanese and Indian, Korean, Spanish and American nationalities. And these are just the groups to be found in large numbers.

Metro Manila is also a place of economic extremes. The extremely wealthy and the very poor can be found within kilometers of each other. Beside big malls and well-built subdivisions are slum areas and sprawling ghettoes. People from all walks of life can be encountered in the region. See more info on Manila here.

manila bay kid

In terms of youth, going by a rough estimate, there are more than 5,000,000 youth under the age of 25. And just like the population here, youth would be different from one place to the next.

At this point I’d like to ask ministers to young people especially those working within NCR: What do these things mean for youth ministry? What do you think must be done to make disciples of these horde of young teens and fill Manila with the Lord’s teaching?

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