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As the national training arm for World Impact, The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) equips leadership for the urban church, especially among the poor, in order to advance the Kingdom of God. We focus our investment on those called to evangelize, disciple, plant, and pastor churches in unreached urban neighborhoods. Our single passion and desire is to identify, empower, and release laborers who can both display and declare God’s kingdom reign among their neighbors, where they live.

Our Goal: Wisdom
We believe that the end goal of Christian leadership training is wisdom.
"Everything is permissible for me but not everything is beneficial" (1 Cor. 6.12).
Therefore, those who train Christian leaders must, like Paul, "proclaim [Christ]
admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present
everyone perfect in Christ" (Col. 1.28).
Christian leadership training is intended to contribute to the formation of men
and women who possess godly wisdom and Christ-like character. In helping to
prepare these leaders, the goal of The Urban Ministry Institute is not just that they
become
"smarter" leaders. Our deepest prayer to God is that they might become
wiser leaders, able to discern the leading of the Holy Spirit, to possess the mind of
Christ, and to apply the teaching of the Scriptures in their own unique ministry
context.