Mumbai & Beyond

Edited and compiled by Dr. Jacob Bloemberg, Mumbai & Beyond gathers field-tested wisdom from practitioners serving on the frontlines of India's cities.

Born out of the YWAM City Consultation in Mumbai, this book brings together miraculous stories and practical faith for anyone who believes God is at work in global cities.

Cities concentrate beauty and brokenness. They hold opportunity and oppression, wealth and poverty, migration and loneliness, spiritual hunger and systemic pain. They are also places God loves deeply.

This volume is not theory from a distance. It is a practitioner resource shaped by prayer walks, street-level service, government partnerships, marketplace witness, inter-church unity, trauma care, youth engagement, recovery ministry, and long obedience in complex urban contexts.

Inside, contributors explore:

Why cities matter for mission today
How city movements are led and sustained
Why micro-focused leaders matter
How churches can seek the shalom of their city
What marketplace witness can look like with integrity
How mental health, addiction, youth, poverty, and migration become mission frontlines
How collaboration can move the church from isolated efforts to citywide impact

Readers will hear from missionaries, pastors, marketplace leaders, counselors, Catholic and evangelical practitioners, city network builders, youth leaders, and recovery workers. Together, they offer stories, frameworks, questions, and practical steps for leaders who want to love their city well.

Mumbai & Beyond is especially useful for pastors, missionaries, YWAM teams, city catalysts, ministry leaders, mission students, and Christian practitioners who want to serve cities with courage, humility, wisdom, and hope.

The city is not only a mission field.

It is a place God loves.