Category: Special Projects
More than a name it’s a strategy for the truth to be told
Prophetic Ministry 2020 Level 1 Certificate Program
Our Program
The Prophetic Ministry Training is not just for prophets. It is designed for all believers, those graced with prophetic abilities, and those called the Office of the Prophet. Acts 2:17 (KJV), declares, ?? it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.?
Hence the importance of an environment where believers can be trained, activated, and affirmed. Our biblical foundation and obligation are found in Ephesians 4:11-12, ?to build up and prepare the body of Christ for effective ministry.?The curriculum that we offer focuses on developing a healthy spiritual life, equipping the body of Christ for ministry work, building confidence for evangelism and prophetic ministry, and provide in-depth teaching and training on prophetic ministry.
What Makes Our Program Unique
In addition to preparation we also provide our students the opportunity to expand their ministry skills by reaching
the unchurch through national (completion of level one) and global outreach ( completion of levels 2 & 3) These transcultural experiences will provide our students with a kingdom preceptive of ministry.
Prophetic Ministry 2020
When a region needs a word, a prophet is deployed. The modern-day prophet must be educated and
equipped to effectively be a divine functionary for the King, as a Prophetic leader to getGod?s tasks and projects done, by His people by motivating and moving them forward in the Lord?s purposes and to express the inherent ability to compel the manifestation of his/her word on the earth?s forces and elements.
Christ Centered in The City International Ministries. It is the implementation of the Smith Family Foundation core value dedicated to the multifaceted complexities of Urban Ministry. Under the umbrella of Christ Centered In the City “Christ Centered In the City Urban Ministry and Leadership Development Center, Christ Centered In the City “City Café” and the Kahmale Project.”
On August 4, 2018 after 10 years of dreaming, planning and hard work, surrounded by ecclesiastical dignitaries, family and friends, Dr. Valerie Arthur answered the call to launched out into the deep, forming a new ministry in the city of Trenton New Jersey. Christ Centered in The City International Ministries. It is the implementation of the Smith Family Foundation core value dedicated to the multifaceted complexities of Urban Ministry. Under the umbrella of Christ Centered In the City “Christ Centered In the City Urban Ministry and Leadership Development Center, Christ Centered In the City “City Café” and the Kahmale Project.
As our cities become more complex so do new possibilities to explore and understand our urban communities and what it means to be the Church. As we are devoted to making Jesus the center of every sphere that encompasses our urban centers. It is our hope to accomplish this by providing leadership training to various Christian organizations, cultivate relationships between the private sector, governmental agencies, education systems and the Christian community, and through those relationships transform systemic institutions that keep under-served communities improvised. We also are engaged internationally through our Haiti Project.
Christ Centered in The City along with the Smith Family Foundation was instrumental providing well water to an improvise community, in building a five-classroom free school in St. Michelle Haiti providing education for students who otherwise would not have the opportunity of an education.
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Christ Centered in The City International Ministries. It is the implementation of the Smith Family Foundation core value dedicated to the multifaceted complexities of Urban Ministry. Under the umbrella of Christ Centered In the City “Christ Centered In the City Urban Ministry and Leadership Development Center, Christ Centered In the City “City Café” and the Kahmale Project.”
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Dr. Arthur is an ordained Elder of Mt. Sinai Holy Church of America Incorporated, she is currently assigned to Calvary Pentecostal Church, located in Trenton NJ., where she is assisted to her Pastor, Elder Pearlie Smith. She serves as the Christian Education coordinator, Sunday School Superintendent and Ministers training program coordinator.
Dr.Valerie Arthur, is the Board Chair and a founding member of the Smith Family Foundation NJ. A former prison administrator she retired in 2015, after approximately 30 years of dedicated service in the criminal justice system, where she sought to transform the systemic realities of mass incarceration from the inside out, she retired from New Jersey Department of Correction as the first African American Administrator, of the 100- year-old Edna Mahon Correctional facility for women, the only women’s prison in the State of New Jersey.
Dr. Arthur graduated (cum laude) from Carin University Langhorne PA. (formerly Philadelphia Biblical University) where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree. She received both her Master of Divinity (Magna Cum Laude) and Doctorate of Ministry Degree (Prison, Policy and Transformative Justice) from New Brunswick Theological Seminary.
She recently served as a panelist at the Warren L. Dennis Annual Metro- Urban Lecture Series. “A Prophetic Urban Ministry Approach to Traumatization in the 21st Century” At New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick NJ. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_gallery][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_button button_color=”accent” size=”btn-xl” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsmithfamilyfoundationnj.org%2Fchrist-centered-in-the-city-prophetic-ministry-courses%2F|||”]Click For Course Information[/vc_button][/vc_column][/vc_row]
The Smith Family Foundation of New Jersey believes that Higher Education is the normal next step for students after high school! This means that students are working during their high school career with the goal in mind to attend a two or four year college, trade school, or to become career ready upon their graduation. Along with our corporate sponsors, Wilkin & Guttenplan, P.C., Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Johnson and Johnson, on August 6, 2020 we will celebrated our 4th Annual College Freshmen Care Package Give Away to show our support and dedication to young people moving on to institutions of higher education. The give away was a huge success. Last school year we were able to serve over 300 students, this year (2020-2021) we will provided 500 care packages to low-income, first-generation college students. The College Care Package Give Away is our way of supporting local youth and letting them know how proud we are as they pursue their educational endeavors.
Pictures above show the students receiving their care packages and some of our partners. Students served were from Trenton Public Schools, Charter Schools and Community Organizations. We are also in partnership with The College of New Jersey’s Educational Opportunity Fund.
Christ Centered in the City’s Urban Ministry and Leadership is proud to announce our Fourth Annual county-wide Bible Bowl.