Inner City: Milwaukee

The Milwaukee Inner City mission is a partnership project with the Inner City and the Campus Ministries of Cru.   Around the globe cities are strategic places for the gospel to rapidly advance, but the city is a complex organism of many parts and great diversity.  There is the urban core, the college campus, the business district, the parks, the beaches, the riverwalk, the arts scene, the schools, the neighborhoods of distinct ethnicities and and many other distinct spaces.  Seldom at rest, glimpses of unity amidst great diversity can be seen as the city rallies enmass around key events such as the fourth of July and the many music festivals that swell with people throughout the summer (like Summerfest--the world's largest music festival).  Still, the city is greatly divided;  ethnic and socio-economic segregation is apparent and skepticism runs deep between neighborhoods and pockets of communities.  Milwaukee is a broken city; a deeper, lasting effect is needed to heal the scars within this great city.    Thankfully, the power of the gospel is at work changing lives and bringing about restoration. Many have come every summer to see God use them to help change peoples' lives!  
 
This summer God is inviting you to come share His heart for the people of Milwaukee.  Will you come?  We need compassionate, energetic, faith-filled people who are willling to live in the city and bring the message of Jesus in a bold and relevant way. 
 
The Milwaukee Inner City mission exists in order to provide students an opportunity to experience the city together with a team of Cru staff and students.  It is an opportunity to take steps of faith, learn about the unique issues and challenges of ministry in the city, and receive ministry training to be able to better talk with people from all walks of life about Jesus.   Each week of the summer 30-40 hours are spent serving or working on one of three distinct “tracks” of the city:  Inner City, Professional or Millennial.