Congregations can take six steps to begin an outreach ministry for the improvised. Please let us know your results and progress as you proceed with each step.

Step 1 Sanctuary clothing/food baskets

Step 2 Prepare and Serving Meals at established feeding sites

Step 3 Eat and converse with others

Step 4 Participate in local immersion experience

Step 5 Become a life guide to a family

Step 6 Practice "Aggressive Pursuit" of persons who live in poverty

Seven Holy Boldness goal-area training modules have been designed to equip congregational and community leaders

with resources to revitalize congregational life and transform communities. The training modules will assist in developing long-term focus and new direction for ministries in urban congregations and communities for the building of God's kingdom....

The Holy Boldness National Urban Academy has been developed to resource and provide local churches and rganizations with opportunities to build skills; to learn how to capitalize on collaborative opportunities; and to share and spread the Good News of Jesus Christ within the context of a vital Christian community....

A two-year academy designed for your annual conference.

The purpose of the Holy Boldness National Urban Academy is to assist lay and clergy leaders with the development and implementation of strategies that will transform congregational life and increase effectiveness in community ministry. The Academy will also provide education on the seven Holy Boldness themes for United Methodist Urban Ministry.