As a result of the past five years of church planting and innovative community transformation initiatives, the Urban Church Planting Project has taken a focused shift in direction. We have discovered that the preschools are the most fruitful tool for evangelism and life-transformation. The enrollment in the schools has grown to over 1600 students (43 schools). All of these schools are connected to a church and are a bridge between that the church and the surrounding community. We would like to continue to invest in schools that help link churches to families within the slums of Manila. These schools function as an oasis of hope in desperate places – providing life-changing education and discipleship opportunities for kids and their parents. We will continue to provide the resources (scholarships, training and support) needed to establish healthy and growing schools along side healthy and growing churches. In 2009 we expect to see at least seven new schools established. With further funding we will be able to establish additional schools that can potentially reach hundreds of more children. We are now calling this project the “Manila Children of Hope”. You can access the website at www.ucpp.org. (read less)

As a result of the past five years of church planting and innovative community transformation initiatives, the Urban Church Planting Project has taken a focused shift in direction. We have discovered that the preschools are the most fruitful tool for evangelism and life-transformation. The enrollment in the schools has grown to over 1600 students (43 schools). All of these schools are connected to a church and are a bridge between that the church and the surrounding community. We would like... (read more)