Urban Minneapolis
“Thanks for the great mission opportunity! [As a result of our families' positive STEM experience in Urban Minneapolis] we are going to start once a month family service opportunities here in our own community … God bless!”
—Faith Lutheran Church (Hutchinson MN), Team #511, Urban Minneapolis
Field Facilitator
STEM Ministries
Outreach activities in Minneapolis/Twin Cities
- Build friendships with a variety of ethnic groups in the urban melting pot
- Street Evangelism
- Ministry to the poor and homesless
- Prayer- walking
- Clean up and construction projects at urban ministries and community buildings
Ministry Outreach Locations
Minneapolis and surrounding areas
Population
- Minneapolis = 360,000
- Greater Twin Cities = 2.8 million
Peoples
- 30 different cultures in Phillips neighborhood
- 100,000 Hispanic in Twin Cities Area
- 50,000 Somalis in Twin Cities Area (largest population in US)
- 40,000 Native Americans (largest urban population in US)
- 75,000 Hmong (largest population outside of Asia)
- 1,200 Tibetan Buddhists (2nd largest population in US)
Languages
- English; immigrants speak their own native languages
Economy
- 87% of housing is rental property
- Unemployment is about 15%
- About 1/2 of residents live below the poverty level, with many on welfare and other government subsidies
Common Religion
- Christian
- Muslim (Somali)
- Animism (Native American)
- Hindu
- Buddhist (Tibetan)
- and many others
Other Info
Urban Minneapolis has much drug use, prostitution, and gangs
