New Urban Ministry Jobs Website

UrbanMinistry.org now has the capacity to help job recruiters find employees and job hunters find jobs - for free! In just a few weeks, over a hundred job opportunities have been posted.

• Post a Job Opportunity
• Search for Job Opportunities

Volunteer Resources for Churches

ChristianVolunteering.org is excited to offer new resources especially for churches looking for volunteer opportunities, or seeking volunteers. We've added content to our site that includes:

• Sermon outlines and bible studies on justice and service
• Small group discussion materials (audio, video, book recommendations, Bible studies and articles)
• Group volunteer opportunities listings
• Short-term mission book recommendations, links, and opportunities listings
• Tools for training and managing church volunteers

Find all of this for free at www.christianvolunteering.org/churchvolunteer.jsp

Spring Term II - Mar 17, 2008

• 307 Facilities Management: The theoretical and practical approach to maintenance of buildings and equipment. Topics include: preventative
  maintenance, housekeeping, public image, record keeping, and inventories. Also includes a study of the most common legal issues faced by nonprofit organizations; governmental bodies to which the organization is accountable; issues relating to property and liability insurance; and basic operational, health and safety requirements.
• 310 Intermediate Fund Raising: Explores the various approaches to effectively communicating the organization’s message to potential clients, staff, community, churches, and donors. Topics include: major donor research, cultivation of contributors, and using written and digital publications
  to communicate with an organization’s constituency. Will include a look at working with various forms of media (Internet, TV, radio, newspapers,
  magazines, and video) used to promote nonprofit organizations.
• 311 Theology & Strategies of Urban Mission: This course deals with the Biblical mandate for urban ministry and presents some of the global issues that impact the lives of city dwellers.
• 403 Urban Evangelism & Discipleship: Biblical and practical motives, methods, and means of bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to unbelievers in the setting of the inner city. The course focuses on helping respondents move toward spiritual and successful Christian life and service. Includes a study of how evangelism and discipleship are practiced in urban ministry, along with how to make a clear presentation of the gospel, how to lead others in discipleship, and how to help ministries improve in these critical efforts.

• 302 Nonprofit Administration: Principles of operating a not-for-profit organization including the development and purposes of organizing documents, the reporting requirements for maintaining an organization’s non-profit status, the functions of the Board of Directors, and the relationship between the Chief Executive and the Board.
• 303 Nonprofit Accounting: Covers both the mechanics of non-profit accounting and the necessity of financial accountability. The outcome of this course is the development of an accounting policy manual for an urban mission or similar nonprofit organization.
• 401 Counseling in the City: This course examines the role and theory of lay counseling as it applies to urban ministry settings. The coursework guides the learner into increased awareness, knowledge, and skill in interacting with multicultural and diverse populations. Counselor attributes, cultural sensitivity, and the concept of contextualized counseling will be explored. This course also focuses on client assessment and approaches to addressing problems common to distressed urban dwellers seeking counseling.

Save Thousands on Ministry Costs

Our goal is to help provide resources to urban ministries. One of the ways we do that is by providing discounts and member benefits to users through our TechMission Membership program.

TechMission has a number of partnership with group buying vendors, which provide discounts to hundreds of businesses. The average organization can reduce its administrative costs by up to 20%.Vendors and categories include:

• FedEx (30% discount)
• OfficeMax (5-20% discount)
• Home Depot
• Insight and Tiger Direct for Computer and Equipment Purchases
• Lighthouse Underwriters, LLC for D&O Insurance
• Mutual of America Life Insurance Company
• Premier Global Services: Conference Calling
• Unemployment Insurance: Up to 50% off through Joint Agencies Trust
• Automatic Data Processing, Inc for Payroll Processing (15% discount)
• Covenant Eyes for Internet Accountability Software for $2.50/month (vs. $6.99)
• Discounts with over 100 other companies

Membership only costs $20-150 for urban ministries depending on organization size. Find out more or sign up now! CCDA organizational members already receive these benefits, so you do not need to sign up again.

For more information about the TechMission Membership benefits go to www.urbanministry.org/member-benefits

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