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The Urban Ministry Institute in Denver
I love my job as a World Impact Associate! I am Chaplain Kris Briggs and I am a ministry coordinator for World Impact in Denver, Colorado.
Cristo Victorioso
My name is David Carrillo and I’m the pastor at Cristo Victorioso in Wichita, KS. I am originally from Guatemala City, but I moved to Wichita with my wife Lauren five years ago.
Urban Pastors Renewed through Retreats
As an organization committed to empowering inner-city leaders in a lasting way, we seek ways to support the longevity and character development of the whole person.
Kingdom-Minded Partnerships
One of World Impact’s focus areas is to Develop Missional Partnerships. This means that the outlets for community transformation already exist in leaders from those urban communities.
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.
