Updates

In the neighborhood surrounding the NEU office (and in most urban poor communities), the poverty rate is between 45% and 50%. That means a family of four makes less than $24,860 a year. But the dollars are not the only problem, or even the main problem. Poverty generates a complex web of related brokenness, and often leads to a downward spiral of suffering.

The kingdom is not meant to be just a long-awaited promise, it is something we are meant to experience… to get a taste of, catch glimpses of, and share in the here and now, however imperfectly.

I put on the bright yellow t-shirt with the words “CF Parks & Rec Staff” in bold letters on the back, and there’s no blending in.

With the church-plant team on the ground, a concerted effort has begun to build relationships in Central Falls.

We are happy to announce that Elizabeth Berry is joining NEU Church Planting to become a Central Falls Church Plant Team Member as the Women's Worker.

As of this afternoon, the Lugos have arrived in Providence, Rhode Island from Puerto Rico! It was quite a show as we welcomed our much anticipated church planter and his family to New England.

Our Urban Hope Conference just ended. Here is a list of books that we recommend from our speakers and workshop leaders.

20schemes Equip just published two articles by our Executive Director Tim Zulker on sex-trafficking and church planting. They are both well worth reading for church planters, especially those who work among poverty.

Jonathan Lugo will be the first of our Church Planting Apprentices under the banner of NEU Church Planting. Currently in Puerto Rico, Jonathan and his family are planning to plant a church in Central Falls, RI with NEU Church Planting.

Let me give you five specific reasons why I like pastoring in a hard place like Niddrie.