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A New Year with Future Vision
Great things are happening through the efforts of our missionary staff who continue to labor in the trenches of under-resourced, urban neighborhoods. Incarnational and relational ministry still works when it comes to bringing the love, truth, and justice of God where it is so desperately needed. I am looking forward to this New Year, seeing continued growth and new fruit.
Honoring the Lord in a Simple Way
I have been a discipleship group (D-Group) leader for the last two years for middle school girls at Los Angeles Christian School. It has been a huge catalyst of growth for me since I spend the majority of my life with kindergarteners.
2015 Church Planting by the Numbers
Numbers don’t tell the whole story, but they can help provide perspective on how the Kingdom of God is advancing through the local church across America’s inner cities. Here are a few numbers that stand out from our Focus Area of Planting Healthy Urban Churches in 2015.
Empowering Indigenous Leaders
If we desire to seek transformation in our urban communities, if we want to see racial reconciliation truly take root, if we want to empower poor folks, it can only be done through the church. We have experienced decades upon decades of social reform efforts, government programs, subsidies and donations. But none of them are rooted in the only thing that never changes: Jesus Christ.
Empowering Urban Women
The Lord is continuing to do great work in the inner cities of America! Men and women are being trained up and released to evangelize, equip and empower those in their communities.
TUMI 2015 Review
2015 has been filled with growth for The Urban Ministry Institute – more satellite locations, increased prison and jail sites, more graduates, and adding translations of the curriculum.
The Value of Missionaries to Ministry
“Come die with me.” This statement rang in our ears as we took our Religious Missionary Order vows almost thirty years ago. This was the siren song that lured those called into ministry with World Impact. “Come die with me.” Would anyone still enter missions under this banner? Are we too protective about our needs and rights to die to them?
