TUMI
WHAT IS TUMI?
Serving USA began partnering with World Impact and Prison Fellowship to bring World Impact’s The Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI) into the California State prisons in 2012 and 2013. TUMI is a Bible, theology and leadership training curriculum which equips leaders for urban ministry and church leadership, especially among the poor.
Their 16-module Capstone curriculum typically takes 3.5 years to complete and is taught at the seminary level in 12 different accredited colleges.
TUMI Cornerstone is a succinct curriculum providing high-quality training in a shorter time frame, typically 9-12 months. TUMI students’ proven successes led Prison Fellowship and 20 other in-prison and community-based reentry partners to expand classes nationally in 2017.
Over 281 current cohorts of pre-TUMI and active TUMI classes in 11 States,
in 61 prisons and growing.
“I am amazed at the fruit we are experiencing through Serving USA’s return-on-investment in TUMI in prisons. Men and women are being transformed through the modules in lively cohorts which teach the Word of God, Christian character and service, and reconciliation and wholeness through our mentors. This training bears witness to the power of Christ to impact prison cultures, and to change inmates’ perspectives and paths as they grow together as his disciples inside the Church-inside-the-walls.”
Reverend Dr. Don Davis
The Power of TUMI in Prisons
TUMI has proven success in changing prison culture for the better. TUMI equips and empowers men and women within facilities, bringing powerful tools to allow prisons to put differences aside and come together as a unit.
The Power of TUMI in Prisoners
Not only does TUMI build comradery within a facility, it builds leaders providing men and women with education, tools for success and a solid foundation to make a difference in their lives and surrounding communities.
Through restoration in Christ, TUMI equips men and women for productive futures, reversing the cycle of crime and incarceration.