Education & City Transformation

Waiting for Superman is an exciting new movie that's coming out telling the story of America's struggle within education. America is #1 in producing confident kids, but #25 in Math! Many of our schools across our country have turned into drop out factories and once a student drops out they are 8 times more likely to go to prison.

As a Pastor who cares for the city, I encourage all to consider how they can invest into public schools in their own cities. I have personally witnessed the power and transformation of good families and churches working to bring about change in bad schools.

In my own high school back in Little Rock, AR several churches and families came together to invest their time and resources into a poorly performing, gang infested, drug hub high school. The result was nothing less than total transformation over 5 years. It soon became a highly performing educational opportunity for our students of our community.

I dream of Imago Dei being a church that seeks the good of the city, partnering with others to invest in schools for future generations. Not simply being a church that declares the gospel on Sunday morning's from the pulpit but a church that demonstrates the gospel from the pews - people actively engaged in their communities, serving the needs of the city for the good of the city.