In 2000, World Impact began hosting its School for Urban Cross-Cultural Church Planting, training urban church plant teams from all over the nation. In 2001, The John Mark Curriculum was published to train cross-cultural missionaries and three TUMI satellite campuses were opened. By 2004, 20 churches had been planted in eight World Impact cities, and an auditorium at THE OAKS Adult Conference Center was completed, dedicated in honor of board member Dr. Jack Hayford.

  • In 2000, we conducted our first week-long Church-Plant School for urban church-plant teams. We have since trained 32 teams.
  • In 2000, we established the TUMI Satellite Program which allows churches, denominations, and other Christian ministries to equip their own leaders affordably, rigth where they are.
  • In 2000, we began the Let God Arise! Prayer Movement with our belief that only God can change the city.
  • In 2001, initial TUMI satellite campuses were launched in three cities; the John Mark Curriculum was completed.
  • In 2002, the first TUMI Capstone module was released.
  • In 2004, TUMI launched its first in-prison satellite at Ellsworth Correctional Facility in Ellsworth, Kansas. Through this satellite, doors opened for other prison satellites to be established around the country.
  • By 2004, we had planted 20 churches in eight World Impact cities, Hayford Hall was dedicated at THE OAKS, and we held our first Candidate Acceptance Program to screen and orient new World Impact missionaries.
  • In 2005, World Impact missionaries convened at THE OAKS for a Wi-Fi (World Impact Focus and Identity) Conference. We expanded TUMI's satellite program, which by 2010 reached 75 sites in 11 countries.
  • In 2005, The Capstone Curriculum was completed. Capstone is currenlty available in English and Spanish. Other translations are in the works. See our current translation projects.
  • In 2006, we received grant to expand satellite network: This grant allowed us to grow from 15 satellites to more than 150.
  • In 2008, we began a formal partnership with Prison Fellowship. This strategic partnership allowed us to launch a pilot program in California prisons. We are now in prisons across the country.
  • In 2010, TUMIs Capstone Spanish translation was completed. Our efforts expanded beyond planting churches to equipping indigenous leaders to plant churches, with the vision of launching church-planting movements in the city.