BLOG
Recent Posts & Updates
Equipping Local Leaders
Angel believed in the Lord while in prison and quickly had a desire to share his faith with his fellow prisoners.
An Empowering Partnership
Our budding network of churches is called to plant multiethnic, economically diverse churches in the urban areas next to major global universities.
A Growing Tree
Sitting on my porch and eating a delicious orange is a small thing that brings me joy in life. World Impact’s Los Angeles Christian School (LACS) is in the business of producing mouth watering fruit!
Sharing the Love of Jesus
A gentleman with whom we have a relationship with recently came into the SonShine Shop- the thrift store in World Impact’s LA ministry. He is a professor emeritus from a prestigious university and he grew up in the church.
The Over-Preached, Short-Served, & Under-Discipled
The least, the last, and the lost – I’ve heard many a preacher describe the urban poor this way. I describe them as the over-preached, short-served, and under-discipled.
Rooted in My City
My name is Bernard Emerson, and I am a World Impact Associate. I serve as a bi-vocational church planter in Oakland, California. A few years ago the vision to plant The Way Church was engraved in the hearts of my wife Kim and I.
Picture of a World Impact Associate
Recently, one of the church planters World Impact is working with said something surprising to one of our missionaries. He said, “The biggest help that you have given me is believing in the call God has placed on me!”
New Life in Christ
Sometimes we get a bit discouraged by what we see around us in the city (not to mention the rest of the world) do we not? We wonder why God doesn’t show us some Bible-times power.
Linking Arms
One thing I’ve witnessed after being in urban ministry for almost 25 years is that when people accept Christ into their lives, they talk and dream differently about the world in which they live.
Courage and Confidence
Attending the Evangel School of Urban Church Planting imparted a sense of confidence within me to plant a church.
A Prison Revival
I would like to introduce you to two men of God who are serving faithfully in the church behind bars at Hutchinson Prison in Kansas. About a year ago, Randy and Abraham started meeting on Sunday nights in the yard with other inmates.
Pivot: Change the Game
The theme for the Oaks Winter Camp 2016 was Pivot: Change the Game. It comes from the idea that in living the Christian life there are many times when we have to stop, pivot and change direction toward following God.
The Importance of Church Planting Movements
In what many consider the most impressive opening ceremonies in the history of the Olympics, it was not the pyrotechnics or computer-generated graphics that impressed the world-wide audience, but rather the power and artistry of human beings working in unison.
Church Planting for the Urban Context
My name is Cedric Nelms and I am the pastor of Chosen Generation Fellowship Church, a grass-roots church plant in South Los Angeles. As an Associate of World Impact and church planter in Los Angeles, CA, I was able to attend the Evangel School of Urban Church Planting Dean training.
Released From Our Chains
A missionary, a prostitute and a murderer walk into a bowling alley…That sounds like the start of a terrible joke that I would immediately walk away from because it is likely offensive in some way. But, it is not a joke at all!
Chartering Church Plants
The Spirit is on the move in our vision of planting 100 churches in the poorest cities in the East Region of the United States. From Miami, FL, in the South to Newburgh, NY, up North – the urban poor are advancing the Kingdom of God through the planting of local churches.
