The Urban Ministry Institute from a burden to train leaders of churches being planted by urban missionaries and pastors. Whether you serve in a brand new or a well-established urban congregation, our ministry training assumes that you have a passion to see the church of Jesus Christ grow in the city. Our equipping programs at the Institute (at our local Hope School of Ministry and at our satellites across the country) emphasize evangelism, discipleship, and reproduction. We believe that every believer, and every congregation is called to bear fruit. The one who hears the word and understands it will assuredly produce a crop, yielding hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown (Matthew 13:23).

Through our approved TUMI satellites, students around the country and world may access our training in their own context, without having to relocate from home and ministry. We give priority to those already doing the work of the ministry, and whose are investing in the planting and growth of new and growing congregations.

If you are looking for ways to become more effective in your current service to Christ, then we exist for you! Our requirements are that you:

• are actively involved in your church, and able to secure your pastor's recommendation.
• are a functioning disciple of Christ in good standing in your fellowship, with a desire to reproduce his life in others.
• are engaged in a form of Christian service that will allow you to apply your learning directly to life.