What does missions look like in a global city like Paris, France?
In this episode of The Missions Show, Alex and Scott are joined by pastor Billy Bean to discuss A City of Light, a short documentary exploring gospel work in Paris, France. Often overlooked as a missions field, Paris is presented as a strategic global city, shaped by history, migration, and secular ideology, whose influence extends far beyond Europe.
Billy explains how missionaries and pastors in Paris seek to connect with deeply held French values—such as beauty, freedom, identity, and intellectual rigor—while confronting their limits and fulfilling their deepest longings through the gospel.
View the film and learn more at https://christcovenant.com/acityoflight
Key Topics
- Why Paris and Western Europe remain vital mission fields
- Global cities as strategic hubs for gospel influence
- The legacy of secularism and expressive individualism in French culture
- Contextualization: connecting, confronting, and fulfilling culture with the gospel
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