Jack Dennison is founder and president of CitiReach International, an agency committed to fanning the worldwide flames of city reaching. It was during his five years as a Dawn Ministries missionary in North America that the author developed this unique and catalytic approach to transforming our cities. (From the back cover of the book)

From the Preface:

This is a book about transformation--the kind only God can bring about. (p. xi)

"So again I ask, "Can a whole city be transformed by the presence and power of God?"

There is an emerging body of evidence that points clearly and positively to the answer, "Yes."  Transformations being witnessed today on every continent indicate that it is occurring with as great an impact upon community life as our examples from nature and the spiritual realm. I am convinced such a move has already begun and is growing like a great tsunami that will cover the lands of earth like the waters cover the ocean floors.

"A Growing Phenomenon

"City Reaching was written out of a commitment to present what is known to date about the spiritual and practical processes of seeing transformation occur in the communities of the world through the work of God in partnership with the people of God." (pp xiii-xiv)

The roots of Dennison's work are clear from the preface when he says,

"Books such as John Dawson's Taking Our Cities for God, Ed Silvoso's That None Should Perish and George Otis, Jr.'s Informed Intercession have brought the awareness and language of city reaching into the everyday conversations of Church leaders and laypersons alike.

"Organizations such as AD2000 & Beyond and Mission America have each contributed to our growing exploration and understanding of the closure paradigm being implemented through national and city-reaching initiatives." (p. xiv)

The city reaching method is being used in Berlin, Germany (see http://gfberlin.de/english/index.html and for some history http://www.dawneurope.net/Berlin_report.htm), in Bergen Norway, London England and a few other cities.

Key research verse is: Prov. 18:13 “He who gives an answer before he hears, it’s folly and shame to him.” “Al que responde sin haber escuchado, la palabra le se fatuidad y vergüenza.”