World Impact, Inc.

World Impact, Inc. Let's build a healthy church in every community of poverty so that communities can be transformed. Learn more: https://worldimpact.org

95% of church leaders are not trained for formal ministry – and most minister in urban poverty situations. We partner with churches, organizations, and denominations to ensure leaders are empowered to build healthy churches in every community of poverty. Our Core Ministry Programs:

Church-Based Seminary
The World Impact Urban Ministry Institute resources and trains urban church leaders. We provid

e affordable and accessible seminary-based training for men and women in communities of poverty everywhere. Urban Church Planting
Our Evangel School of Urban Church Planting trains Christian workers to plant healthy churches among the urban poor. This training is specifically designed to equip teams to reach under-resourced communities. Prison Ministry
Through our Onesimus Workshops, we train church leaders and workers to succeed in discipling those who have been incarcerated. We also offer Church-Based Seminary for those who are behind bars. Trauma Healing
World Impact’s Trauma Healing Program equips urban ministry workers and leaders to facilitate Bible-based healing groups. Participants can choose to be trained to lead their own healing groups, exponentially expanding the ministry. For more than 50 years, we’ve affirmed the call and vocation of local urban church pastors and ministry leaders who want to transform their cities through the Gospel. Are you ready to join us as we seek to build a healthy church in every community of poverty?

Every day, teenagers in communities experiencing poverty are carrying pain that many adults never see — anxiety, violenc...
06/04/2026

Every day, teenagers in communities experiencing poverty are carrying pain that many adults never see — anxiety, violence, grief, loneliness, and instability at home. Su***de rates among teens continue to rise, and many young people are struggling without safe, trusted adults to help them process the trauma they carry.

Through Teen Trauma Healing, World Impact equips pastors, youth leaders, and ministry workers with biblical truth and practical trauma care tools so they can walk alongside hurting teens with compassion and hope.

One young leader recently shared that if she had received this kind of Christ-centered support as a teenager, it could have changed the course of her life.

Right now, a generous donor has provided a $40,000 challenge gift to help expand this ministry before June 30.

Will you answer the challenge and help bring healing and hope to vulnerable teens?

Give today: worldimpact.org/teentraumahealingsm

Join us in prayer for Trauma Healing training sessions happening this evening in Indianapolis, Indiana, and all week in ...
06/03/2026

Join us in prayer for Trauma Healing training sessions happening this evening in Indianapolis, Indiana, and all week in Costa Rica. And keep our Trauma Healing team in your prayers as they work to provide this essential Bible-based training for leaders across the US, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, and beyond in the coming months.

Healing goes where God leads!

"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? | am making a way in the wilderness & streams in the wasteland."
— Isaiah 43:19

Many of us entered ministry, community development, and poverty work because we care deeply. But somewhere along the way...
06/02/2026

Many of us entered ministry, community development, and poverty work because we care deeply. But somewhere along the way, compassion can become control. We begin believing that everything depends on us: our effort, our plans, our ability to fix what is broken.

The truth is that transformation was never ours to manufacture. God invites us to participate in His work, not replace Him in it.

In Redemptive Poverty Work: Expanded Edition, Dr. Alvin Sanders challenges leaders, pastors, and practitioners to move beyond saviorism and rediscover a healthier, more biblical approach to serving others. One rooted in trust, relationship, and dependence on God.

Ready to rethink what faithful poverty work looks like?

Learn more and purchase your copy at https://wilinks.org/4xb1oUu

05/31/2026

What happens when church leaders are equipped to serve the communities they already know and love?

In San Diego, the answer looks like pastors walking neighborhood streets, building relationships over time, and faithfully serving people where they are. What started with one leader trained through World Impact is now growing into a movement of equipped leaders investing deeply in their community.

TUMI training is helping local churches raise up leaders who bring both truth and compassion to neighborhoods experiencing poverty.

Read the blog for the full story of transformation taking root: https://www.worldimpact.org/blog/how-training-is-taking-root-in-southcrest/

In a world that celebrates productivity, it’s easy to lose sight of the people behind the work. Real transformation come...
05/29/2026

In a world that celebrates productivity, it’s easy to lose sight of the people behind the work. Real transformation comes from presence, relationship, and walking with people the way Christ did, not from checking boxes.

If you’ve ever felt the tension between serving effectively and serving compassionately, Redemptive Poverty Work: Expanded Edition is a must-read. This book challenges the way we think about helping others and offers a more sustainable, Christ-centered approach to serving communities experiencing poverty.

Learn how to do the work without losing your soul in the process.

Learn more and purchase your copy here: https://www.worldimpact.org/resources/redemptive-poverty-work/

05/28/2026

A generous donor is challenging our supporters to help expand Teen Trauma Healing through World Impact before June 30. He has provided a $40,000 challenge gift, now it’s your turn to respond!

Watch Renee Bacon share why this work matters and how you can help equip pastors, youth leaders, and caring adults to bring Christ-centered healing and hope to hurting teens.

Learn more and give today at worldimpact.org/teentraumahealing

05/27/2026

You stepped into this work because of Jesus and a deep love for people on the margins. But somewhere along the way, the weight of poverty work started changing you.

Maybe you feel exhausted, numb, like if you stop, everything falls apart.

Redemptive Poverty Work: Expanded Edition is a survival manual for helpers, pastors, nonprofit leaders, teachers, and anyone serving communities experiencing poverty who wants to remain spiritually and emotionally healthy in the calling.

You don’t have to carry what only God was meant to carry.

Learn more and get the book for $15 today:
https://www.worldimpact.org/resources/redemptive-poverty-work/

You don’t have to carry the weight of urban ministry alone or lose yourself in the process.If the work keeps you up at 3...
05/25/2026

You don’t have to carry the weight of urban ministry alone or lose yourself in the process.

If the work keeps you up at 3 AM, leaves you constantly worried, or feeling quietly overwhelmed, we want you to know: sustainability is possible.

Join us for our LIVE 4-part Urban Ministry Training designed to help leaders move from burnout and silent overwhelm into healthy, sustainable leadership.

📍 Training 1: Redemptive Poverty Work
🗓 May 28 at 11 AM CDT
Hosted by our very own Rev. Dr. Alvin Sanders!

Together, we’ll reimagine poverty work as sacred, soul-filling service, not something that drains you dry. You’ll walk away with practical encouragement, tangible tools, and renewed vision for serving your city well.

Register now: https://www.citycollectiveseries.com/event/redemptive-poverty-work

05/22/2026

Most resources teach you how to do poverty work better.

Redemptive Poverty Work: Expanded Edition teaches you how to survive it without losing your soul.

This book confronts the hidden realities many ministry leaders never talk about:
• Savior Syndrome
• Functional Atheism
• Secondary trauma
• Burnout and numbness
• Carrying more than you were meant to carry

If you’ve been serving faithfully but quietly feeling hollow, cynical, or emotionally exhausted, this resource was written for you.

Get the book and explore a different way forward:
https://www.worldimpact.org/resources/redemptive-poverty-work/

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