Multiplying Laborers for the Urban Harvest

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Equipping Prisoners for Christ

We are excited how God has opened doors for us to equip men and women in prison to be servant leaders for Christ.

Over the years we have discovered that TUMI sites in prisons require a specialized understanding of prison culture. Further, because the word travels quickly within the world of prison officials (wardens, chaplains, departments of corrections), it is especially important that no TUMI class begins in a prison without proper screening to ensure the quality of the TUMI program. In other words, one negative report about a TUMI program in a prison could affect the credibility of TUMI in all prisons nationally. For this reason, we require a separate application and acceptance process before anyone can start a TUMI class in a state or federal prison. Even those TUMI sites that have already received authority to conduct TUMI classes outside prisons must apply for permission to launch a TUMI class inside a prison. Without expressed written authority to start a class in prison, no student-inmate will receive credit toward a certificate.

To apply for permission to start TUMI in a prison, please submit the application found in Appendix 21.6.

All TUMI prison sites must be operated consistent with your prison ministry’s culture, vision, and operating procedures while adhering to the requirements of The Urban Ministry Institute. It is the task of your prison ministry to find and release leaders, while it is TUMI’s job to resource your prison ministry to carry out this work (we like to say “you can do it, we can help”). We have other resources available on our web site to help you lead your site in this endeavor, equipping God called men and women for the work of ministry in the prison He has led you to.

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