Wake Forest University School of Divinity

The Center for Urban Ministry, Inc. produces national ecumenical conferences responding to the need for renewal and training of clergy and lay leadership in urban churches in America. The Center also offers consulting for urban based parishes throughout the United States. The most noted conference: "The City of God for American Cities: Reinventing the Urban Church" is next scheduled for June, 2008 at the College of Preachers housed at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

The Rev. Dr. Douglass M. Bailey, is the founder and President of the Center for Urban Ministry, Inc. He is an Associate Professor of Urban Ministry at the School of Divinity, teaching courses on "Radical Jesus, Radical Justice," congregational development, and urban evangelism.

Some of the congregational consults or workshops led by the Center for Urban Ministry, Inc.:

Trinity Church, Boston, MA
West Ohio Conference, The United Methodist Church
United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH
The Moravian Church, Southern Province, USA
Philadelphia Urban Ministry Institute
The United Congregational Church, Bridgeport. CT
Centenary United Methodist Church, Winston-Salem, NC
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, NC
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Dallas, TX
Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC
First Baptist Church, Wilmington, NC
First Baptist Church, Greensboro, NC
Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC
Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh, NC
Presbyterian Urban Network, Portland, OR
Archbishop Tutu Center, General Theological Seminary, NYC