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Local Urban Ministries in North America

• Breakthrough Urban Ministries
  This ministry, based in Chicago’s west side, demonstrates the compassion of Christ by providing neighborhood-based holistic services that empower individuals, families, and urban communities to overcome poverty, addiction, and isolation.
• Greensboro Urban Ministry
  Not only does Greensboro Urban Ministry provide crisis intervention and emergency services through the basics of food, shelter, and clothing, but we also help many individuals and families break the cycles of poverty, hunger, addiction, and homelessness.
• Heartside Ministry
  Seeks to empower the Heartside neighborhood of Grand Rapids, MI through advocacy, education, worship, and community building.
• Lafayette Urban Ministry 
  Lafayette Urban Ministry, based in Lafayette, IN, is a non-profit ecumenical organization that provides assistance and relief to Lafayette's needy children and families. For over 30 years, LUM has worked to give back the hope, the future, and the self-respect to low-income people in the Greater Lafayette area.
• Lutheran InterCity Network Coalition
  A cooperative partnership between a number of Houston churches for training, equipping, and deploying God's people for discipleship in urban and multi-ethnic communities.
• Olive Branch Mission
  A Chicago ministry that includes residential drug and alcohol recovery programs, employment training, comprehensive homeless services, counseling, and a Christian Center for Urban Studies for college students.
• Providence Christian Center/The Hotdog Church
  A ministry and church whose roots are in serving the homeless in San Francisco.
• Reaching Urban Neighborhoods (RUN)
  A mission that plants urban churches (currently in Philadelphia and New York).
• The Root Cellar
  An urban ministry to youth, children, internationals and their families in Portland, ME.
• Urban Light
  Operates a Christian service and resource center in Springfield, OH, providing recreation, medical, food pantry, computer lab, after school clubs, radio, adopt-a-block, and other programs for teens, adults, and children.