Multiplying Laborers for the Urban Harvest

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How to Access Information and Materials on Our Web Site Ways to Find Answers to Your Questions and Resources for Your Needs Our site contains a plethora of resources and information geared specifically to those who equip leaders and facilitate church planting movements among America’s urban poor. Here you can find out about our parent ministry--World Impact, About Us, Our Mission and Ministry Objectives, as well information about our Satellites, Forums, Media Center, Store and the Help we provide to assist you in finding what you need on our site.

www.tumi.org Resources specifically designed for our satellites, urban church planting, leadership development, and church ministries are in abundance here. In order to help you better understand our site, all of the categories on our top menu are listed and summarized here. To Equip Urban Christian Leaders As a national training arm of World Impact, TUMI equips leadership for the urban church, especially among the poor, in order to advance the Kingdom of God. To Empower Church Planting Movements TUMI is dedicated to empowering church planting movements to reach and transform cities in America and around the world. To Establish TUMI Satellites We establish satellites in strategic partnerships with other like-minded churches and ministries in order to empower them to equip urban leaders for ministry and to advance the Kingdom of God in the city. To Provide Urban Ministry Resources TUMI strives to provide urban churches with affordable, quality resources for leadership development, church renewal, spiritual formation, and pioneer mission.

World Impact: Our Parent Ministry TUMI’s parent ministry, World Impact, Inc., is an interdenominational missions organization dedicated to evangelism, discipling, and planting churches among the unreached in the inner cities of America. As a missions organization, World Impact evangelizes the lost, ministers cross-culturally among the people in the city, and plants churches specifically targeting America's urban poor. Find out more about World Impact here. About Us The Urban Ministry Institute is the research center of World Impact, Inc.. To support and further World Impact's purpose and vision, TUMI seeks to facilitate dynamic, indigenous church planting movements among the poor to reach the inner city unreached populations. Here you can find out about our Vision, our Core Values, our History, our Faculty and Staff, and how you can partner with us financially or by volunteering your time. Our Mission and Ministry Objectives TUMI is the research center for World Impact, Inc. Founded in 1995, The Urban Ministry Institute has been equipping leaders for the urban church, especially among the poor, in order to advance the Kingdom of God. The following eight objectives constitute the passion and program of our ministry. 1. To Equip Urban Christian Leaders 2. To Empower Church Planting Movements 3. To Establish TUMI Satellites 4. To Provide Urban Ministry Resources 5. To Retrieve the Great Tradition 6. To Promote Urban Church Renewal 7. To Enrich Spiritual Formation 8. To Advance Pioneer Urban Missions

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