We can’t wait to see how you will bring hope to your community through connection, being a positive influence, and showing value to your neighbors.
Do you want to learn more about World Impact’s core ministry programs to transform communities?
Do you want to impact Denver through raising up urban leaders by donating to World Impact?
Do you want to explore the Inside the Urban Church report or other resources?
Knowing Christ and being in fellowship with other believers through a local body is the only complete answer to the problems under-resourced communities face.
We believe that trained urban pastors and leaders produce healthy urban churches which nurture flourishing neighborhoods.
The Inside the Urban Church report’s findings demonstrate that this is not just theory, but reality.
It’s our hope that the information gained through this report can be a blessing – to you, your ministry, and your community.
I invite you to get to know your local World Impact representatives below.
Rev. Dr. Alvin Sanders
President & CEO, World Impact
In addition to working with World Impact, Pastor Semmeal J. Thomas has been called to passionately serve and to preach the Gospel as Senior Pastor in Detroit’s Brightmoor community at City Covenant Church.  He is also the founder of MISSION: City, an agency working alongside the church to build a community of independence.
Pastor Thomas currently holds an Urban Ministry Diploma from Ecumenical Theological Seminary as well as a Masters of Arts. He is currently licensed by the Evangelical Covenant Church and serves on the Board of Directors at Covenant Community Care.
He is happily married to his wife of over 30 years, Patricia and has three God-fearing children as well as nine beautiful grandchildren.
Marty serves the eastern half of the United States for World Impact.
A husband, father, and grandfather, Marty has served as a pastor, executive pastor, and in various roles in the development for several non-profits.
His passion is to see God’s people engaged in God’s mission to reach all peoples with the good news of Jesus.
He has been on mission at World Impact for three years, with over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, having led small organizations and served in senior leadership in well-known organizations.
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Most Christians do not intend to exploit others while doing poverty work.
Many of us are motivated to see justice for the oppressed and have a desire to see suffering alleviated.
Good intentions are a great starting point, but they do not automatically lead to healthy poverty work because we are vulnerable to our sin nature.
Healthy poverty work begins when we grapple with the foundational weakness built into our work — the idealistic belief that we can rescue people from their circumstances.
We’ve designed a free assessment to help you, as an urban church leader, reflect upon and evaluate your church’s effectiveness in reaching and serving others.
You’ll get your free results emailed to you once you hit submit.
