Pentecostal partnership for urban minority ministry training

We see so many appeals for foreign missions and local outreach that we sometimes forget that there is an urgent mission need in our own cities (and prisons). Muslim conversions among urban minority communities are growing; and, if the propagation of the Gospel were not reason enough, the fact that much of this ostensibly religious activity is heavily tilted politically toward radical anti-Christian and anti-American agendas ought to get out attention.

CharismaNOW -- Christian News from the editors of Charisma Magazine :

"Two of the nation's largest Pentecostal denominations have joined forces through an inner-city college campus. In August, the Assemblies of God (AG) and the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) entered into a corporate partnership to operate the School of Urban Missions (SUM), an urban Bible college that combines theological education and practical hands-on training in Oakland, Calif., and New Orleans, AG News reported."

"A predominately black fellowship, Memphis-based COGIC is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the country. The Springfield, Mo.-based AG is the largest white Pentecostal denomination in the nation. SUM has more than 130 students for the fall term, around two-thirds of whom are African-American."