Common Ground Montgomery

CGM is a new ministry that is being undertaken by a seminary mate of mine, Bryan Kelly. This is a ministry that is at least somewhat patterned off Mo Leverett's influential Desire Street ministry in New Orleans. Bryan Kelly is a very good friend of mine, and has a real heart for racial reconciliation and inner-city youth ministry. Montgomery Alabama is a racially divided city not only geographically, but also conceptually. BK and his family have moved into a house in the inner-city neighborhood where they will be ministering, and he has a job lined up at a local high school to work with youth in the neighborhood. He doesn't have a website set up yet, and as part of getting the ministry going, he is trying to raise prayerful and financial support for the ministry. Some of the local churches in the area have expressed an interest in lending financial support and partnering with him, but I don't think anything has been firmly nailed down on that score to date. Meanwhile, BK and his family are trying to jumpstart this ministry and go through the necessary steps of ordination.

To anyone who reads this blog, and particularly evangelicals who have a heart for poverty ministry and are looking for a good evangelical ministry to support, please let me know and I will put you in touch with Bryan. He is doing yeoman's work in that city, and in 10 years, he may be a household name in PCA circles much like Mo Leverett is now. I studied with him for 3 years at seminary, and he's the real deal. He's been doing campus ministry and field work in urban areas for years; he knows what he's doing. He has a solid yet radical vision, and he and his family are completely committed to it. He has a Kingdom vision of urban revitalization, education, hope, and racial reconciliation and mutual growth under the Lordship of Christ. This is the kind of vision that God blesses, and those of us who partner with him on the ground floor will be blessed to be part of something like this. I humbly ask that any readers of this blog prayerfully consider becoming a part of this ministry through prayer and financial giving. And if any of you happen to reside in the Montgomery area and would like to volunteer, BK will certainly listen eagerly and be appreciative of your interest. Tell him 'Spidey' sent ya!