Restored Leaders
A few weeks ago I attended a local church that works closely with our ministry. We shared a meal together and listened to a great message.
March 28, 2018
A few weeks ago I attended a local church that works closely with our ministry. We shared a meal together and listened to a great message.
One day I stepped into our TUMI (The Urban Ministry Institute) classroom to check on a student who was studying and heard her on the phone.
Randy and Monica grew up together; they had been friends most of their lives. Their friendship was filled with ups and downs, but neither of them could have planned the journey God had for them.
Ministry behind bars can seem attractive—there is a clear need for restoration and redemption in our prisons.
We all know that prison is not a great place. Yet God can redeem the lives of people sent there, as many have found his or her salvation while serving time.
This month’s Bulletin features our initiative Incarceration to Incorporation.
Five years ago, God gave us the dream to start a housing community of men in transition out of addiction and incarceration mentoring other men in early recovery on a spiritual journey toward new life.
One of the most satisfying duties in my role with TUMI is to observe ministers-in-training serving in local churches.
Long before Danny, Red, Martin, and Carlos were physically released from their prison cells, God had set them free spiritually.
Many leaders of the urban church who powerfully impact their communities for the Kingdom of God are currently incarcerated.
I am humbled by the calling to empower the urban poor to be leaders for the Kingdom in Los Angeles.
A few months ago I had the honor to sit and listen to someone who was in prison for a number of years. He shared with me how he and his church in prison were encountering Jesus like never before.