Winning the World

228 Wi nn i ng the Wor l d: Fac i l i tat i ng Urban Chur ch P l ant i ng Movement s

Appendix 43 A Primer – The Vision of The Urban Ministry Institute Equipping Leaders for the Urban Church Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

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.” ~ Habakkuk 2.2-4 (ESV) To Facilitate Pioneer Church Planting Movements among America’s Unreached C 1 Communities As a ministry of World Impact, TUMI is dedicated to generating and strategically facilitating dynamic, indigenous C 1 church planting movements targeted to reach the 80% Window of America’s inner cities. In order to attain this purpose, we will help form strategic alliances between and among urban missionaries and pastors, churches and denominations, and other kingdom-minded organizations in order to trigger robust pioneer church planting movements that multiply thousands of culturally conducive evangelical C 1 churches among America’s urban poor. We will offer our expertise to assure that these churches in every way glorify God the Father in their Christ centered identity, Spirit-formed worship and community life, historically orthodox doctrine, and kingdom-oriented practice and mission. To Equip Leaders Serving the Churches That Arise from These C 1 Church Planting Movements Furthermore, TUMI will strive to insure that the leaders and congregations connected with these C 1 church planting movements are equipped for effective urban ministry, and empowered to affiliate with other leaders and churches in shared identity and purposeful association. We will do all we can to make certain that the leaders and churches that arise from these movements participate as active members of larger networks of healthy assemblies where they can be encouraged in their common worship and discipleship, enriched in dynamic and ongoing fellowship, protected through effective structures of godly