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The Vitality Project

Overview • GUMNet • Staff

Overview

The Vitality Project is moving toward three basic and interrelated objectives related to nurturing the long-term growth of Christianity in our region and, more specifically, to helping prepare churches for the coming revival:

  1. Growing in Understanding: To grow in our understanding of, and ability to teach and communicate, how the Kingdom of God works and is working around us so that we can operate in tune with what God is doing in our midst.
  2. Growing in Love and Unity: To develop and nurture relationships that empower unity and allow Christians to work together for the Kingdom across various differences (e.g., denomination, race, calling, geography).
  3. Growing in Prayer: To encourage leaders to grow in prayer in preparation for what God will do.

Major activities related to these three areas include:

Growing in Understanding: To grow in our understanding of, and our ability to teach and communicate, how the Kingdom of God works and is working around us so that we can operate in tune with what God is doing in our midst.

  • Writing and publishing Doug and Judy Hall’s book on urban ministry.
  • Developing curricula based on the Halls’ book in order to train leaders in Boston and other cities.
  • Developing a website related to the book and curriculum that can enable learning in many venues.
  • Developing materials using various forms of media related to what we are learning.
  • Developing and coordinating classes to train leaders to prepare for revival.

Growing in Love and Unity: To develop and nurture relationships that empower unity and allow Christians to work together for the Kingdom across various differences

  • Pursuing relationships and learning through conference planning and participation:
    • Intercultural networking through the Intercultural Leadership Conference being planned for October 20, 2007.
    • National networking through participation in the Community City Impact Roundtable conferences (in Boston, April, 2008).
    • Convene Global Urban Ministries Network conference in India in January 2008.
    • International networking with Global City Network, Global Learning Community, and others.
  • Active participation in Covenant for New England and related activities.
  • Sponsorship and participation in activities that build relationships and unity locally (including Boston Prayer Summit, parachurch Executive Director lunches, special networking events).

Growing in Prayer: To encourage leaders to grow in prayer in preparation for what God will do. 

  • Promoting prayer through the teaching and example of Dr. Kim.
  • Sponsoring monthly pastors’ prayer meetings, and periodic regional prayer network meetings.
  • Sponsoring a pastors’ prayer journey to Prayer Mountain in Korea in 2008.
  • Establishing a Prayer Facility like a prayer mountain in the Greater Boston area in collaboration with regional prayer leaders.
  • Sponsoring a leadership conference with Dr. Cho in 2009 or 2010.

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GUMNet

Click here to view a video summary of the initial GUMNet meeting in June 2007.

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Staff

  • , Director, Vitality Project
  • , Global Urban Ministries Coordinator, Vitality Project
  • , Vitality Project Assistant
  • , Vitality Project Associate
  • , Prayer Program Facilitator
  • , Prayer Network Coordinator (Director of Massachusetts Prayer Network)
  • , Citywide Ministry Researcher
  • , Media Missionary

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