institute for urban ministry

We see whole, restored and empowered communities

where people flourish in God’s presence

Text Box: Churches and ministries in inner cities, townships and informal settlements often find themselves isolated and struggling. Usually resources shrink at a time when there is a growing need for ministry. The easiest way out is to follow the resources to flourishing areas. There are people sensing the compassion and call of God to maintain and develop relevant ministries in needy places.

The Institute for Urban Ministry offers a community of hope, support and learning for the Urban Church. We grow together in wisdom, imagination and faith. We resist the common stories in society about poverty and its causes, safety and security and the understandings of vulnerable people and social decay. Our local wisdom has led us to ask deeper questions about urban systems, and issues of justice and ethics, beyond merciful ways of being involved.

Equipping workers to transform cities

The Institute for Urban Ministry has students and friends from cities across Southern Africa, such as Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Maputo, Kitwe and other smaller centres. We have valuable contact with ministries in cities like Nairobi and Addis Ababa in Africa, and maintain relations with organizations in Sao Paulo in South America, London in the UK, as well as initiatives in the USA , Sweden and elsewhere.

We focus on the following

strategic areas:

· Training for Urban Ministry

· Networking the Urban Church

· Resources and Publications