The church has worship services, Christian education, music and fine arts, and urban ministries.

He recognized that a new urban ministry was needed in parts of the city with growing numbers of immigrants.

This building has been turned into a school that is being used to train people for urban ministry.

That was 38 years ago and, at the time, he saw the "something greater" as an urban ministry in a bigger city.

It is part of her urban ministry, which is knotted with the contradictions and controversy of life in the 1990's.

In 1987, he was promoted to vice president for urban ministry.

Expanded inner-city and activities ministries were added at this time to adapt to urban ministry in the latter part of the century.

Its mission is to provide practical online education to those involved in urban ministry, nonprofit management and addiction counseling.

"Many of my classmates talked about going into urban ministries," he said, "but people need a living wage, and many of these positions don't pay."

This move divested the institution of infrastructure while reinforcing its commitment to urban ministry.