Urban Churches and Ministries. With the British immigration to America, permanent settlements arose in the New World. They were intended to represent the best of European civilization, leaving the worst of the Old World behind. While the Spanish and French established trading posts and forts like St. Augustine (1560), the Puritans brought with them an urban vision. In his sermon aboard the Arbella on March 22, 1630, John Winthrop articulated this vision by proclaiming, “wee must consider that wee