TUMI Magazine

THE URBAN MINISTRY INSTITUTE

equipping leaders. empowering movements.

CONTENTS

3 W orld I mpact Who we are 4 T he U rban M inistry I nstitute Our storied journey 6 O ur C ore V alues What we treasure most 7 TUMI R esources Devotional materials, art, music, and more for our life together 8 O ur C urriculum Rightly dividing the Word 12 A ccredited P artners Sister schools welcoming TUMI graduates 13 T he TUMI N etwork Connecting our people

14 O ur S atellite N etwork 16 T he E vangel N etwork 18 T he SIAFU N etwork Standing together for Christ in the city 20 L et G od A rise ! P rayer M ovement Prayers for revival and mission 21 TUMI P roductions Christian music with an urban flavor 22 O ur E xpansion I nitiative Resourcing the Great Commission 24 T he T ranslation F actory Responding to the Macedonian Call 26 TUMI E xpansion 2021 A sample of our monthly E-newsletter Providing affordable, accessible leadership training around the world Multiplying churches in the city

equipping leaders. empowering movements.

www.tumi.org • www.worldimpact.org 3701 East 13th Street North | Wichita, Kansas 67208 Email: contactus@tumi.org | Tel: 316.681.1317

One Focus: Empowering Indigenous Urban Christian Leaders

World Impact is a Christian missions organization committed to facilitating church-planting movements by evangelizing , equipping , and empowering the unchurched urban poor. For more than forty years, World Impact has been dedicated to honoring and glorifying God and delighting in him among the unchurched urban poor by knowing him and making him known.

Our commitment is to see the Gospel of the Kingdom proclaimed by the empowered urban poor to every people group through indigenous churches and movements.

www.worldimpact.org

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equipping leaders. empowering movements. T HE U RBAN M INISTRY I NSTITUTE

OUR IDENTITY

OUR PARTNERSHIPS We partner with a variety of denominations, ministries, organizations, and foundations to equip leaders and movements in their own locale. Some of our partners include: • Prison Fellowship • Evangelical Free

OUR MISSION The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) is the training arm of World Impact, an interdenominational missions organization committed to facilitating church-planting movements by evangelizing, equipping, and empowering the unchurched urban poor. TUMI’s role in that vision is to equip leaders for the urban church, especially among the poor, in order to advance the Kingdomof God. Dedicated to equipping leaders and empowering movements, our focus in clear: Resourcing the Great Commission . We provide innovative resources, consultations, and events to enable churches and organizations to do effective ministry among the lost, especially among the poor, from evangelism and discipleship to church planting and leadership development.

Church of America

• DeBoer Foundation • Serving California • Stadia • VanDaele Foundation

• Charismatic

Episcopal Church

• Church of God in Christ

OUR STATISTICS*

• Over 280 satellites • 17 countries and counting • Averaging over 3000 students per year • Over 900 graduates • More than 20 SIAFU chapters

* As of March 2018. Visit www.tumi.org/expansion to view our latest statistics.

OUR HISTORY

In 2015 TUMI celebrated its twentieth year of operation. A brief overview of our history reveals our dedication to equipping qualified spiritual laborers among the poor.

Let God Arise! Prayer Movement Launched This movement began with our belief that only God can change the city. TUMI Satellite Program Established

1995 - PRESENT

Capstone Curriculum Completed Capstone is a 16-module training program providing seminary-level instruction specifically designed for emerging leaders to gain expertise in the historic orthodox faith and the most essential knowledge and skill learning needed for effective urban ministry and church leadership. Ten years in the making, Capstone includes four courses in each of four ministry areas: Biblical Studies, Theology and Ethics, Christian Ministry, Urban Mission (totaling 16 modules, 10,000+ pages of text, 64 hours of video, 41 required textbooks). Each module contains a Mentor’s Guide, a Student Workbook, and DVD teaching segments. The Spanish translation of Capstone was completed in 2006. Other translations are in progress.

TUMI’s Satellite Program allows churches, denominations, and other Christian ministries to equip their own leaders affordably, right where they are. First Evangel School of

TUMI Founded Since July of 1995 we have hosted

hundreds of courses locally at our Hope School of Ministry as well as nationally in conjunction with other ministries or organizations.

Urban Church Planting Held Over the years we have trained dozens

of church plant teams for city work. In 2015 we hosted our first Dean Training for the Evangel School, enabling others to sponsor their own church plant school training.

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OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE To meet the ever-growing global demand for solid biblical training that is affordable, accessible, and culturally relevant for the poor, TUMI has been charged with a vision to retool our operations for an even greater capacity. Our goal is to train 100,000 students with our Fight the Good Fight of Faith discipleship resource, equip 10,000 leaders in Capstone, expand to 820 satellites, and penetrate into 40 countries and 12 languages by 2021, World Impact’s 50th anniversary year. In order to resource this worthy vision we will translate Fight the Good Fight of Faith into 20 languages and The Capstone Curriculum into 10 additional languages. Visit www.tumi.org/translations to view our progress.

www. tumi . org • www.wor l d impac t . org

OUR ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS We are a member of the Association of Biblical Higher Education’s non-accredited class of institutions, recognized for our voluntary non-accreditation status, in order that we might provide maximum access of seminary-level training to non-traditional students who otherwise would not qualify for such instruction. We have formed partnerships with several schools, universities, and seminaries which offer our graduates credit toward the completion of their own degree programs ( www.tumi.org/accreditedpartners ).

TUMI’s Expansion Initiative Commenced Our goals: • Fight the Good Fight of Faith in 20 languages (and train 100,000 students worldwide) • Capstone in 10 languages (and equip 10,000 leaders worldwide)

The SIAFU Network Established This national association of chapters is anchored in local urban churches and ministries dedicated to the city. SIAFU chapters are designed to help identify,

Fight the Good Fight of Faith Published

Formal Partnership with Prison Fellowship Began This strategic partnership allowed us to launch a pilot program to bring TUMI from a handful of prisons to 32 California state prisons. Since then, the number of our sites in prisons and county/local jails has more than doubled.

Received Grant to Expand Our Satellite Network This grant allowed us to grow from 15 satellites to more than 150.

This book is a follow-up curriculum as well as a prerequisite to Capstone that is being used by pastors and leaders to disciple new believers.

equip, and release spiritually qualified servant leaders to reach and transform America’s neediest unreached communities.

• 820 satellites • 40 countries • by 2021!

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OUR CORE VALUES

www.tumi.org/values

As an evangelical ministry to the city, The Urban Ministry Institute seeks to integrate its spiritual formation, projects, andministries around a set of deeply held values that direct our efforts and shape our commitments. The following concise list represents the core values that we prize, those commitments and insights which enable us to pursue our goals and take advantage of our opportunities. Together, they represent a clear snapshot of our most deeply cherished truths, those ideas which inform and direct our actions and outreaches here. The Calling of God We do all we do fully assured that God is at this very moment calling, gifting, and anointing men and women in the city to represent his interests there, and are convinced that these chosen city leaders will be the vessels through whom he advances his Kingdom (Romans 8.28).

The Kingdom of God We are burdened to see the freedom, wholeness, and justice of the Kingdomof God embodied, celebrated, and proclaimed in church communities who show visibly what the“Rule of God”looks like when it is embraced by people who acknowledge Christ’s lordship (Matthew 6.33).

The Centrality of the Church We hold deeply the conviction that effective ministry takes place in the body of Christ, the agent of the Kingdom, where we facilitate the multiplication of healthy, reproducing urban churches, especially among the poor (1 Timothy 3.15).

The Power of Community We share a passion to employ innovative distance education programming to create and outfit a network of training centers in urban areas that provide excellent, affordable, and spiritually dynamic ministry education that is sensitive to urban culture (1 Corinthians 12.27).

God’s Election of the Humble We possess a certitude that God has chosen those who are poor in the eyes of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him (James 2.5).

The Standard of Excellence We are held by the consuming belief that all effective, credible leadership development demands the requisite formality and rigor of disciplined excellence, with a flat refusal to be remedial or second-class (1 Corinthians 10.31).

The Explosiveness of Multiplication We are zealous to facilitate and empower urban church planting movements that share a common spirituality, express freedom in cultural expression, and strategically combine their resources to reach and transform the cities of America and the world (2 Timothy 2.2).

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TUMI RESOURCES

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Our Shared Spirituality | www.tumi.org/annual The Sacred Roots Annual is our devotional guide which includes the prayers, Scripture readings, and teaching topics that we will focus on throughout the year. We produce a Church Year Calendar to go along with our Annual each year. This calendar is organized around the liturgical cycle, helping us to focus on the life of Christ day by day, and week by week. Our Chronological Reading Guide takes us through the Bible in a year, telling the story of the Scriptures in the order in which the events actually happened.

A Sojourner’s Quest is a companion to our Sacred Roots Annual . It is a collection of prayers, poems, resources, and insights that will refresh and nourish you as you walk in the way of Christ.

Access our Annual daily at www.tumi.org/today .

Find art, music, and more at www.tumistore.org. Music by TUMI Productions can also be found on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite streaming service.

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OUR CURRICULUM

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Fight the Good Fight of Faith: Playing Your Part in God’s Unfolding Drama • Sacred Roots* follow-up curriculum by Rev. Don Allsman and Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis • Material based on the book of Ephesians

• Basic curriculum (functions as a prerequisite to Capstone ) • Adaptable for different audiences, ages, and venues • Multiple translations available through www.tumistore.org and Amazon.com . Some translations are available for Kindle.

* Sacred Roots is the name TUMI uses to describe the core confessions, practices, and councils of the Christian faith between the years 100 and 500 ce which produced the central tenets of the Faith, including our canon, worship, creeds, and doctrine. TUMI is dedicated to helping urban churches retrieve these roots (also called the Great Tradition) for their spiritual renewal andmissional vitality. For more information on Sacred Roots, visit www.tumi.org/sacredroots.

Master the Bible System

A Scripture memorization regimen concentrating on the central texts of the Scriptures, perfect for use in personal study, small groups, Sunday School classes, and discipleship relationships. MTB is designed to give believers a working understanding of:

• the foundations of our faith • the story of God

• the life of Christ • the profile of the mature believer

Multiple resources available, including video, verse cards, poster and bookmarks, Scripture memorization app, and more.

Foundations for Ministry Series These courses contain materials drawn from classes which our professors have taught at our Wichita-based Hope School of Ministry .

Foundations Courses Include: A Biblical Vision I and II: Mastering the OT/NT Witness to Christ A Compelling Testimony An Authentic Calling Church Matters: Retrieving the Great Tradition The Gospel of John Managing Projects for Ministry Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year The Master the Bible Workshop Ministry in a Multi-Cultural and Unchurched Society Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart Winning the World: Facilitating Urban Church Planting Movements

All Foundations courses are specially designed to help leaders grow in their knowledge of Scripture, theology, the Christian

life, and practical ministry. They are ideal for either individual or group study, including Bible studies, Sunday Schools, and small groups.

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Biblical Studies Conversion and Calling Bible Interpretation The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom The New Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom

The Capstone Curriculum A 16-module seminary-level training program designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills necessary for effective urban ministry and church leadership.

• The 16 modules (courses) of Capstone are organized under four department headings. (See list at right. For a full overview of modules and lessons, see next page.) • Each module is divided into four lessons. • Each lesson contains two 25-minute video segments. • Each module features a Student

Theology and Ethics The Kingdom of God God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit

Workbook , Mentor’s Guide , and two DVDs (four hours of video)

Pictured: Module 2

Christian Ministry Theology of the Church Foundations of Christian Leadership Practicing Christian Leadership The Equipping Ministry

The Onesimus Workshop is an offering of World Impact’s I2I initiative (Incarceration to Incorporation), an initiative designed to enable disciples

of Jesus in prison to successfully transition from serving time in prisons and jails to becoming productive members of the local church. The workshop provides practical strategies and training to equip both churches and organizations to incorporate returning citizens into healthy church life and effective ministry.

Urban Mission Foundations for Christian Mission Evangelism and Spiritual Warfare Focus on Reproduction Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries

TUMI Entrée is a media subscription service that provides access to over twenty years of TUMI’s audio, video, and print materials. • Twenty-year collection of sermon audio, video, outlines, and presentations from Dr. Davis • TUMI PowerPoint collection • Dozens of books • Church planting tools and training • Capstone Mentor Guides, Student Workbooks, and DVDs • Training graphics collection • Liturgy and Church Year resources • Fight the Good Fight of Faith and other translated resources • New features and resources to come

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“As TUMI students are released from prison, they are changing urban communities for Christ and healing wounds within their families.” Dr. Greg Bruce President, Serving California

“We have witness amazing stories of transformation as inmates become mature Christian leaders and impact the atmosphere inside the prisons.” Joe Avila Regional Executive Director, Prison Fellowship

“TUMI has provided an opportunity for everyone to do ministry, not just

paid ministers or missionaries.

I believe that this God-inspired organization has found the true concept of outreach. I thank God for the process of birthing God’s Word by educating his people.” Dr. Bonita Smith Church of God in Christ

“The biblical principles and truths are immediately transferable to our culture in Honduras. Our partnership

with TUMI is training pastors and leaders for the Church.” Pastor Alfredo Reconco Instituto Ministerial Brazos para Amar y Restaurar

“I could not be more excited as a minister or more impressed as an educator. TUMI offers the best Christian leadership training that I have seen.

The students at our suburban church find immediate application, saying, ‘What I learn on Thursday, I apply on Sunday.’ ” Pastor Bob Drummond, Emmanuel Church

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“When we launched our Los Angeles TUMI satellite, our leadership experienced such an immediate impact that we decided to use it in our daughter churches in Cuba, and the reports are far more impactful than we hoped for!” Pastor Enrique Santis Ministerios Manantial de Amor

“Using TUMI to train pastors and church leaders in Latin America is an essential strategy of our church’s international missions ministry. We have seen noteworthy kingdom results in several impoverished and challenging urban and rural churches.” Dr. Paul Goddard Mission Pastor, Central Christian Church

“I was equipped with practical skills as well as adding theological depth to my knowledge of God.” Alberto Negron, Youth Pastor,

Emmanuel Nueva Esperanza Baptist Church

“I was amazed to visit India and watch church leaders affected by TUMI’s teaching. It was remarkable to see local pastors in a different culture growing in sound doctrine to better lead their churches.” Pastor Curt Romig First Evangelical Free

“These courses are an integral part of our deacon and minister training program and have greatly enhanced the quality of our leadership.” Rev. Lincoln E. Montgomery Tabernacle Baptist Church without Walls

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ACCREDITED PARTNERS www.tumi.org/accreditedpartners

TUMI is a member of the Association of Biblical Higher Education’s non-accredited class of institutions, recognized for our voluntary non-accreditation status, in order that we might provide maximum access of seminary-level training to non-traditional students who otherwise would not qualify for such instruction. We have formed partnerships with several schools, universities, and seminaries – including those listed here – which offer our graduates credit toward the completion of their own degree programs. For a current listing of our academic partners and for more information on their programs, visit www.tumi.org/accreditedpartners .

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THE TUMI NETWORK

www.tuminetwork.com

The TUMI Network brings together all of TUMI’s friends and co-laborers in one space – our students, alumni, SIAFU members, mentors, site coordinators, Evangel deans and church planters, prayer partners, and supporters. Here we can share our ideas, resources, and efforts with each other to help each one of us play our unique part in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Together we strive to recruit, empower, and release urban leaders who will plant churches and launch indigenous church planting movements.

Students • Alumni • SIAFUMembers • Mentors • Site Coordinators • Evangel Deans and Church Planters • Prayer Partners • Supporters

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OUR SATELLITE NETWORK

www.tumi.org/satellite

You can multiply disciples and develop leaders by starting a training center in your church, parachurch, prison, or denomination. As a TUMI satellite, you maintain your own identity and independence, while taking advantage of our curricula, administrative tools, and experience. You also join a network of other partner ministries who have similar aims, providing you with fellowship, support, and ideas. We provide each satellite with excellent and affordable theological resources so you can create your own training program that suits your ministry situation.

“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” ~ Matthew 9.37-38

Multiplying Laborers for the Urban Harvest is our step-by-step guidebook for starting and running a satellite. For the Next Generation is our Mentor’s Manual, which tells how to facilitate students’ learning in TUMI classes.

Both are available at Amazon.com .

Our Satellites We establish TUMI satellites in strategic

partnership with the following: • Denominations, churches, and ministries

• Incarceration sites • International sites

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Fight the Good Fight of Faith is a single-volume course that serves as our official precursor to TUMI’s Capstone Curriculum seminary training, providing a solid introduction to the Bible’s major themes as well as the foundational principles of Christian discipleship.

Our Training Resources The Urban Ministry Institute concentrates all of its educational programming on ministering effectively among city populations, and all of our classes are taught in light of the needs of urban ministry. We believe that the rapid growth of cities around the world presents both a challenge and an opportunity for the Church of Jesus Christ. The courses we offer are based on the Nicene Creed, which represents the essential core of our historic orthodox faith, affirmed through the Church’s history. Our Certification After completion of Capstone’s 16 modules, students receive a Certificate in Christian Leadership Studies from The Urban Ministry Institute. Other flexible certificate programs are available as well. Students typically finish their certificate in four years since they often work full- time jobs and serve as bi-vocational church leaders. We have several academic partners who will give credit to our students for the completion of TheCapstoneCurriculum .

The Capstone Curriculum is a 16-module training program, taught at a seminary level, which we specifically designed to serve as the most essential knowledge and skill learning necessary for

effective urban ministry and church leadership.

Foundations for Ministry Series courses are specially designed to help leaders grow in their knowledge of Scripture, theology, the Christian life, and practical ministry.

TUMI Summits Every 18 to 24 months we host a Site Coordinator Training and Networking event we call our Satellite Summit. It is designed to provide ongoing training and encouragement for all of our satellites. Please visit www.tumi.org/summitinfo to learn the dates of our next Summit.

Pictured: The 2017 Satellite Summit

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THE EVANGEL NETWORK

www.tumi.org/churchplanting

Planting Outposts of the Kingdom

among the Lost . . .

• Owning a vision to declare Christ as Lord and embody his victory in communities where he is not yet known. • To collaborate and connect with like-minded people dedicated to leverage their resources to fulfill the Great Commission in the cities of America and around the world. • Sharing resources and relationships to identify, equip, and release indigenous leaders to plant churches and launch new church planting movements.

For a taste of Evangel’s philosophy and training, check out these resources (available on Amazon.com)

The Evangel Network: That None Should Perish This little booklet is the field guide of the Evangel Network’s way of engaging in God’s Great Commission through the snatching of souls and the planting of churches from and for the urban poor.

On This Rock: A Church Planting Sampler A diverse collection of World Impact’s church planting resources, this sampler is meant to give the reader a taste of the training materials we have made available, and to trigger your desire to see the Great Commission fulfilled among the world’s urban poor.

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The Evangel School of Urban Church Planting Our Evangel School of Urban Church Planting trains church planters to plant healthy churches among the city’s poor, applying biblical wisdom in order to effectively evangelize, equip, and empower unreached city folk to respond to the love of Christ, and take their place in representing Christ’s Kingdom where they live and work. The Evangel School provides a tool for urban churches, denominations, and mission agencies to host a contextualized church plant school in their city or region for those God has called to plant churches among the urban poor. The Evangel School Boot Camp includes a team assessment and an application process which helps to confirm that the planter has the calling, character, and competence required of a church planter working among the poor. Evangel Coaches come alongside the church planters and their teams to listen and cooperate with the Holy Spirit to see that their vision becomes a reality.

Ripe for Harvest: A Guidebook for Planting Healthy Churches in the City is the official textbook of the Evangel School.

Front Matters: Prerequisite Readings for the Evangel School of Urban Church Planting contains all readings and assignments each church planter must complete before attending the Evangel School.

Planting Churches among the City’s Poor: An Anthology of Urban Church Planting Resources is a two-volume set which represents World Impact’s research, dialogue, and insight on church planting.

The Evangel School of Urban Church Planting, Dean Training If you are a leader trainer responsible for assessing, training, commissioning, and/or coaching church planters working among the poor, apply to attend the Evangel School of Urban Church Planting, Dean Training. The Dean School provides excellent equipping for church plant trainers, and its successful completion results in the commissioning of deans certified to run Evangel Church Plant Schools in their own ministry context. The Dean School will: • Provide specialized and sustainable training for church planters working among the urban poor • Equip church plant teams within their ministry context • Create a network of skilled trainers who can host schools inmultiple locations • Partner with TUMI satellites, urban church associations, and denominations to host Evangel Schools around the world. Please note: We require two potential deans per church, ministry, or location to attend the Evangel Dean School together. Visit www.tumi.org/churchplanting to learn the dates of our next Dean Training and to find out how to register.

The Evangel Dean Handbook: A Guide to the ABCs of Equipping

Urban Church Planters is the official text for the Dean Training course.

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THE SIAFU NETWORK

www.tumi.org/siafu

Facing a Great Need: The Inner Cities of America At first glance, the cities of America (and the world) appear to be in trouble. Violence, crime, broken families, and despair haunt its streets and neighborhoods, with little hope of change or rescue. Even many Christians have given up, turning the city over to those dark forces which prey on its inhabitants. Yet, Jesus declared that the gates of hell would not prevail against his Church (Matt. 16.18). Our cities can be won, healed, and transformed – all we need is for the brothers and sisters to unite in common purpose for Christ! The need of the hour is to mobilize urban disciples into a national community, a common brotherhood and sisterhood who share the same longings, experiences, and dreams as they represent Christ in the cities where they live! Mission Statement SIAFU is a national association of Chapters anchored in local urban churches and ministries designed to identify, equip, and release spiritually qualified servant leaders to reach and transform the poorest unreached communities in urban America. How SIAFU Chapters Work We have designed an elegant, simple structure specifically designed to connect urban believers, both men and women, to come together, pray, fellowship, and challenge one another to fight for the sake of their churches, families, and communities. Chapters are hosted within local churches or related ministries. Since local churches are the outposts of the Kingdom, all SIAFU Chapters are connected to and under the authority of a local church or ministry.

Standing Together for Christ in the City

Why “SIAFU”? We adopted the SIAFU ant

as our model for the network. Although small and vulnerable as single creatures, they become a mighty and fearsome army when they stand together as one!

The SIAFU Network (SIAFU, pronounced see-AH-foo ) is a practical means to enable urban disciples to stand together for Christ in the city!

Start a SIAFU Chapter . . . • To win the lost and make disciples • To strengthen your local church • To touch your neighborhood

Visit www.tumi.org/siafu to learn more.

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R E S O U R C E S & E V E N T S

The SIAFU Network Guidebook This one-stop guidebook provides all the information you need to start and run your SIAFU Chapter.

The SIAFU Network Chapter Meeting Guide This practical guide will show you how to set up and conduct your SIAFU Chapter gatherings so that your members will feel welcomed, refreshed, and encouraged as they worship, testify, and challenge each other in Christ.

Fit to Represent: Vision for Discipleship Seminar This handbook guides participants through spirited and challenging sessions designed to confront them with the call of our Lord to be

and to make disciples, to embrace a life lived for Christ and his Church, and to join forces with World Impact to see revival come to the inner cities of America and the world.

SIAFUMen’s andWomen’s Conferences and Conference Materials Regional conferences held yearly, in English and Spanish. Check www.tumi.org/siafu for dates as well as for past years’conference materials.

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LET GOD ARISE! PRAYER NETWORK

www.letgodarise.com

Available at Amazon.com

A Sober Call to Prevailing Prayer We make a sober call to all believers who love the Lord Jesus and the cities of America to join us in forming newmovements of prayer for the city, for all those who live in them, especially God’s people. By all accounts, the inner cities of America represent one of the most difficult fields for Gospel ministry on earth. We designed these practical, handy resources to help you pray specifically for the transformation of your city. Join us and the thousands of others who are interceding for the cities of the world!

Find the following information and links at LetGodArise.com : • Resources for facilitating prayer concerts or groups • Prayer ideas for your cities and the cities of the world • Seasonal devotionals (video and pdf prayer guide) • Tips on effective intercession • Yearly prayer themes and resources including:

Biblical Revival • The Battle Belongs to the Lord: Spiritual Warfare Like a Master Builder: The Foundation of Christ • The Wondrous Cross The Good Shepherd • The Just Shall Live by Faith

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TUMI PRODUCTIONS

www.tumiproductions.com

TUMI Productions is committed to creating edifying Christian music with a distinctive urban flavor. We are unashamedly dedicated to producing the kinds of beats and songs that will make the Church sing, that will glorify our dear Lord and Savior, and reflect the rich, vibrant styles of the city. Freshly produced, Spirit-anointed city grooves

Visit www.tumi.org/audition for more information. If you sing for the Lord, we’d love to hear you!

These albums and more are available on iTunes , Spotify , and most other digital music services, or at www.tumiproductions.bandcamp.com . Visit www.tumi.org/music to learn more.

Lead sheets are available for Come Jesus Come, Let’s Take This City for God, Mo’ Power, and There’s a NewWind Blowing when you download the entire album at www.tumiproductions.bandcamp.com .

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OUR EXPANSION INITIATIVE

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Summary God is raising an army of indigenous Christian movements, churches, and leaders around the world, creating an unprecedented opportunity for the Great Commission. The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) is equipping thousands of these leaders for effective Gospel ministry at a fraction of the traditional cost. We are trusting God to help us close the gap between what they can pay and what TUMI needs to operate.

History World Impact has developed fromspecific periods of emphasis: fromUS inner-city evangelism, to discipleship training, holisticministry, and church planting. Today we find, equip, and empower indigenous leaders, congregations, andmovements to declare the Gospel to every people group around the world.

The Problem Today Urban poor people cannot access traditional leadership education. • Too expensive: To equip 1 missionary for every 100 unreached people would require training 73 million folk, costing more than 3 trillion dollars (rivaling the US budget)! • Excluded by admission requirements: Many emerging leaders cannot qualify academically. • Inaccessible: Traditional Bible and seminary training not offered among the neediest communities. • Culturally irrelevant: Much of traditional curriculum does not relate to urban poor challenges. • Inadequate: Only 5% of the world’s Christian workers/pastors receive Bible training. If every traditional school was filled, the number would only grow another 1%.

Our Better Alternative TUMI multiplies qualified spiritual laborers especially among the poor. • We have been innovating in urban poor Christian leadership development since 1995. • It can cost up to $100,000 annually to deploy a Western missionary; we can equip an indigenous one for around $50 per month. • The Capstone Curriculum , our 16-course systematic seminary-level program is historically orthodox, practical, and geared toward oral learners. • We help churches and movements form satellites: turnkey administration; growth from 12 satellites (in 2006) to 280 (as of March 2018). • We design resources, events, and programming serving churches and movements for church planting, discipleship, outreach, and ministry consultation. • We can resource God-called, gifted indigenous leaders anywhere on earth, whether urban or rural, or from northern to southern hemisphere. • We equip pastors and church planters to do Gospel ministry in places traditional missionaries do not serve.

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Our Clientele and Partners: Four Satellite Demographics • US urban poor: reaching the world through US cities • Prisons: transformation at personal, family, prison, societal levels • International: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America • Suburban/rural: same needs for affordable, accessible, culturally relevant training

TUMI Expansion Goals • Increase seminary student capacity from 2,000 to 10,000 • Translate tools into 40 languages • Develop 30 new church planting, discipleship, and outreach tools for indigenous movements

Giving Opportunities Gap between what indigenous leaders can pay and what TUMI needs • Cost ($6M) less already committed ($3.7M) = $2.1M remaining • One-time gifts ($15 to disciple a new believer • Monthly gifts ($50/month as a Harvester Partner to underwrite leadership training • Annual gifts ($14,000 establishes a new seminary site) • Designated gifts to specific translations ($180,500 for Capstone Curriculum )

Come and Join Us! Connect or Partner

• Connect us to speak at missions committees, in churches or Bible colleges, with denominations, or other potential partners who can join us. • Introduce this opportunity to others who may help fund these initiatives. • Encourage your church and denomination to research Capstone as leadership education. • Link us with indigenous leaders, urban churches, or others interested in equipping their leaders. • Start a TUMI satellite at your church, ministry, or Bible college, or give contact info about potential satellite partners. • Become a US sponsor for an international site needing logistical or financial help (e.g., Cuba, Kenya, or Ethiopia).

Make checks payable to “World Impact” designated for TUMI Expansion or Harvesters . Mail to: 2001 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007 Or to give online, visit www.tumi.org/expansion . Contact us at expansion@tumi.org .

Resourcing the Great Commission by exponentially multiplying qualified spiritual laborers, especially among the poor

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THE TRANSLATION FACTORY

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Why Our Translation Projects Are Needed The historic mission of The Urban Ministry Institute has centered on the spiritual needs of those who fit into the definition of “urban poverty.”This focus on America’s inner cities has beenWorld Impact’s legacy for over forty years. As interest grew in TUMI’s Capstone Curriculum and our other resources for urban pastors and church leaders, something unexpected happened: Inquiries and interest began to come from a number of international locations. Many of these were interested in languages beyond English and Spanish. Hence, our emphasis on language translation was born not out of clear-eyed strategy, but from the clear expression of need by Christians around the world. TUMI sees the parallel to the “Macedonian Call”model of Acts 16. We have seen intense interest in translation projects, such as our experience at the Global Proclamation Congress in Bangkok in June of 2016. It was there that we heard the following statistics: • Only 5% of the world’s pastors have any formalized theological training at all. (This is of course, very different from our North American situation.) • If every Bible college and seminary operated at maximum capacity, after a three-year course of study that 5% figure would become 6%. Clearly, additional methods of theological education and trainingmust be added to existing capacity. TUMI’s church-based approach to providing seminary-level resources is precisely directed at this need. Something needs to change!

Since 2016 TUMI has launchedmore than twenty translation projects of our prerequisite study called Fight theGoodFight of Faith , many of which have been completed. In 2017, we launched a project for the Telugu version of the much larger Capstone Curriculum . Romanian, Telugu, and Arabic translations are also under way, and we hope to add to that number in the coming months and years. Our ongoing prayer is to be mindful of the Macedonian Call contacts that come our way, and to trust our Lord for the resources to meet those needs.

The Macedonian Call

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. ~ Acts 16.6-10 (ESV)

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The Macedonian Call model is a guiding principle for us. “And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us’ ” (Acts 16.9, ESV). We are trusting God to lead us into contacts with ministries all over the world who are interested in using TUMI materials immediately upon translation into their languages.

Fight the Good Fight of Faith, Portuguese Translation

Around the World, continued

Bogota and Cali . Appointments like this often lead to introductions and new relationships in other countries. This will be our first time connecting with churches in South America.

TUMI has recently published the Portuguese translation of Fight the Good Fight of Faith . This is a strategic accomplishment for the Great Commission. An estimated 280 million people around the world speak Por tuguese. This language distribution dates back to the colonial era, when Portugal established

the first global colonial empire. Today, Portuguese is spoken in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and many Atlantic islands . It is our prayer that this translation of Fight theGood Fight of Faith may become a valuable discipleship resource used around the world.

We are encouraged when we hear of Christian ministries that are using the various language translations of TUMI materials: • We recently received a request for 100 copies of the Chichewa version of Fight the Good Fight of Faith . • In St. Louis, our Bosnian translator has already requested 300 copies of his translation of Fight the Good Fight of Faith as soon as it is published. • A TUMI satellite in India will soon begin using the Telugu translation of Capstone Module 1: Conversion and Calling .

Around theWorld

This month there is a trip scheduled for the beginning of TUMI in Colombia . Our own Juan Pablo Herrera and Al Ewert, along with Pastor Stan Vandenberg of Eastminster Presbyterian Church will be traveling together. Pastors from across the country will learn about how to use TUMI in their churches and cities. Meetings are scheduled in

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Translation Summary

Fight the Good Fight of Faith Languages Complete

Capstone Curriculum Languages Complete English, Spanish

English, Spanish, Swahili, Telugu, Kinyarwanda, Russian, Nepali, Odia, Chichewa, Punjabi, Portuguese Languages in Progress Arabic, Romanian, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, French, Assamese, Sinhala, Tok Pisin, Hausa, Sadri, Santali, Amharic, Bosnian, Tamil, Marathi, Haitian Creole, Lingala

Languages in Progress Romanian, Telugu

Visit www.tumi.org/translations to view/print TUMI’s latest Translation Status Report.

Donate Your Change and Amazon Associates Report Last month’s totals were applied to the French Fight the Good Fight of Faith translation project.

Latest TUMI Satellite Numbers Total Satellites –

280 71 26 17

Prison and Jail Sites – International Sites –

Donate Your Change: $39.88 Amazon Associates: $83.43

Total Countries – Total Students –

3547 1911

To learn more about Donate Your Change , visit www.tumi.org/dyc . To learn more about Amazon Associates , visit www.tumi.org/amazon .

TUMI Satellite Countries As of March 2018, non-US countries include Tanzania, Cuba, Guatemala, Kenya, Nigeria, Spain, Honduras, Zambia, Romania, Ukraine, Liberia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, India 722 951 Visit www.tumi.org/expansion to view our latest statistics. Incarcerated Students – International Students – Graduates –

TUMI Expansion Project To further explore TUMI’s Expansion Project, visit www.tumi.org/expansion .

To Receive Monthly Updates . . . If you would like to receive our monthly TUMI Expansion Newsletter by E-mail, please sign upat www.tumi.org/expansionupdate .Toensure that thenewsletters arenot delivered to your junk or spam folder, please add newsletter@tumi.org to your address book. Each updatewill include news of our translation projects and our satellite network, as well as a report on how gifts from Donate Your Change and Amazon Associates are being used to make a difference in the lives of leaders around the world.

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