Winning the World

258 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

That We May Be One, continued

IV. Implications of Partnership Principles in Light of TUMI’s Visions

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, theologians and missiologists, churches and denominations, and other kingdom-minded individuals and 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.”

A. TUMI will help form strategic alliances to trigger urban church plant movements.

B. TUMI seeks to support dynamic movements which produce and sustain healthy C 1 churches.

C. Clear implications of this for us

1. We don’t recruit people to ourselves , but to participate in Christ’s kingdom advance.

2. We don’t own the vision , it is God’s desire to impact the world, and we contribute alongside others.

3. Our contribution is no better or worse than others : we are co-laborers with others.

4. The work that others do will probably be more critical and fruitful than our own.