We can’t wait to see how you will bring hope to your community through connection, being a positive influence, and showing value to your neighbors.
Do you want to learn more about World Impact’s core ministry programs to transform communities?
Do you want to impact the Bay through raising up urban leaders by donating to World Impact?
Do you want to explore the Inside the Urban Church report or other resources?
Knowing Christ and being in fellowship with other believers through a local body is the only complete answer to the problems under-resourced communities face.
We believe that trained urban pastors and leaders produce healthy urban churches which nurture flourishing neighborhoods.
The Inside the Urban Church report’s findings demonstrate that this is not just theory, but reality.
It’s our hope that the information gained through this report can be a blessing – to you, your ministry, and your community.
I invite you to get to know your local World Impact representatives below.
Rev. Dr. Alvin Sanders
President & CEO, World Impact
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Yvonne is a California native and grew up in the inner city of Los Angeles 2.3 miles away from the World Impact office.
Growing up in a single parent household had its challenges, but it also built a tenacious will towards overcoming obstacles.
Yvonne was the first in her family to go to college and it currently getting her master’s degree in business administration. She is also a Certified Fund Raising Executive with 16 years of nonprofit experience.
Her walk with God started at a young age, but it wasn’t until college that she learned the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus.
Becoming a Christian changed the trajectory of her life and that is where her passion to connect with people and be a part of God’s heart for the poor emerged. She has been a part of two mission teams and served as a Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Guatemala.
She has been married for 11 years and she and her husband Anthony planted a small church in Whittier, CA where she now lives. They have two adopted boys, Ryan now 10 years old and Caleb 6. Yvonne valiantly wears many hats as a mother, wife, and women’s ministry leader all while pursuing a career.
Most Christians do not intend to exploit others while doing poverty work.
Many of us are motivated to see justice for the oppressed and have a desire to see suffering alleviated.
Good intentions are a great starting point, but they do not automatically lead to healthy poverty work because we are vulnerable to our sin nature.
Healthy poverty work begins when we grapple with the foundational weakness built into our work — the idealistic belief that we can rescue people from their circumstances.
We’ve designed a free assessment to help you, as an urban church leader, reflect upon and evaluate your church’s effectiveness in reaching and serving others.
You’ll get your free results emailed to you once you hit submit.
