Issachar | Programs
The Issachar Community equips people from all walks of life for servant leadership in an urbanizing world. We accomplish that purpose by: 1) developing leaders from lower-income, higher-risk communities; and 2) inviting people to transformational experiences among the poor.
Residential Leadership-Development Programs
Transformative Leaders Apprenticeship (TLA)
TLA is a two-year experience for young leaders from urban communities in the heart of Denver
DUS is a one-semester experience for college students from across the country.
Media
Out of the Crowd
Highlights people, places and issues through photography exhibits around the city.
Geography of GraceAn online gathering place for conversation and resource-sharing among followers of Jesus living and working in vulnerable communities.
Urban Entry video series15-minute DVD’s generating conversation that leads to action around a variety of what have been considered “urban” issues: poverty, race relations, justice, etc.
Group Formation Experiences
Service Journeys
Inter-cultural, inter-generational, inter-denominational teams spend 10 months in preparation for journeys to serve and learn among the poor in Romania, Kenya, Honduras and Guatemala.
Street PsalmsThrough our partnership with the Center for Transforming Mission, the Issachar Community hosts several extended conversations each year, open to the public, about topics that blend theological reflection, urban studies, and spiritual practices.
Others
Issachar regularly hosts small groups of guests on walking tours of urban neighborhoods, learning to see the community “from below,” through the eyes of our poorest neighbors. Occassional community forums, open to the public, address a variety of issues and opportunities facing people in the neighborhoods we serve.