Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

172 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 2

Looking Toward the Horizons Facilitating an Association of Urban Congregations Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

The following outline is a brainstorming and talking paper meant to suggest new ways for us to consider how we may operationalize our intent to network urban churches for edification, evangelism, and equipping in the cities of America. The creation of an association which would address the particular needs of new, emerging, ongoing, and changing urban congregations could prove instrumental in our pioneer missions efforts, and is utterly consistent with World Impact’s commit- ment to “work toward the creation of a network of World Impact-planted churches, both locally and nationally. Rather than establishing isolated individual churches, teams should work to create an association of churches” (cf. Developing Urban Congregations in this anthology).

Association of Urban Congregations

I. Infrastructure Issues

A. Governance

1. Mission statement

2. Constitution and by-laws?

3. Structure and organizational process

4. Officers and help

B. Language foci

1. Spanish-speaking division

2. English-speaking division

3. Other?

C. Coordination

1. Local