Mentor's Manual

16 For the Nex t Generat i on: The Urban Mi n i s t r y I ns t i tute ’ s Mentor Manua l

• The 1992 Los Angeles riots focused national attention on the inner city.

• In the 90s, we became a church-planting organization

nationally. We trained other ministries to plant urban churches through The Crowns of Beauty Conferences, The School of Urban Church Planting and The Nehemiah Team.

• In 1991, we added a thirty-acre camp north of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Harmony Heart.

• In 1992, we opened ministries in Oakland and San Jose.

• In 1993, we opened ministries in San Francisco and Detroit.

World Impact, Inc.

• In 1994, the Watts Christian School opened.

Our Parent Organization:

• In 1995, we opened the Frederick Douglass Christian School. Churches were planted in Los Angeles, Wichita and Newark. Deer Creek Christian Camp in the Colorado Rockies was acquired and became World Impact's fourth camping ministry. • In 1995 we began The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) in Wichita, Kansas, to provide theological education to urban leaders. • In 1996, we celebrated our 25th year at Operation Jericho, a national staff conference on church planting. We began our Dallas ministry, published our Missionary Orientation Training Course for new staff orientation, and Keith wrote Out of Ashes . 1200 registrants from multiple countries. Second and third Conferences were held with similar results in 2001 and 2004. • In 2000, we conducted our first week-long Church-Plant School for urban church-plant teams. We have since trained 32 teams. • In 1999, the Crowns of Beauty Conference welcomed