Sacred Roots

A P P E ND I X : R E S OU R C E S F O R T H E J OU R N E Y

APPENDIX 2

T HE V ISION OF T HE U RBAN M INISTRY I NSTITUTE

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis. © 2007. The Urban Ministry Institute.

Habakkuk 2.2-4 (ESV) - And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. [3] For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. [4] Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.” To Facilitate Pioneer Church Planting Movements among America’s Unreached Urban Poor Communities The Urban Ministry Institute is a ministry of World Impact, an interdenomi national missions organization dedicated to evangelism, discipleship, and church planting among the urban poor in America. As World Impact’s training and research center, TUMI seeks generates and strategically facilitates dynamic, indigenous church planting movements among the poor to reach the unreached populations of America’s inner cities. In order to attain this purpose, we will help form strategic alliances between and among urban pastors, Christian workers, and missionaries, along with churches and denominations and other Kingdom-minded organizations in order to trigger robust, evangelical pioneer church planting movements in the city. It is our hope that these movements will multiply thousands of culturally conducive evangelical churches among America’s urban poor. We will offer our expertise to assure that the churches in these movements glorify God the Father in their Christ-centered identity, Spirit-formed worship and community life, defending the historic orthodox faith, and engaging in Kingdom-oriented social justice and evangelical mission.

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