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Worth the Work
Newark Christian School (NCS) is part of World Impact’s Focus Area to Demonstrate Compassion and Justice. The school began more than 30 years ago; World Impact missionaries saw the failure of the local public schools and responded to the academic needs of the Bible Club children we were working with.
Partnerships Make Leadership Homes Possible
One of World Impact’s initiatives is Incarceration to Incorporation (I2I), which utilizes Siafu leadership training homes to turn prisoners into pastors. This bold move has expanded our church planting efforts and opened new ministry opportunities across the board – from prison personnel to local urban pastors.
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.
