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 Dr. Don Davis, an ordained minister and native of Wichita, Kansas, is the Founder and Director of World Impact’s Urban Ministry Institute, a research and training center dedicated to equipping leadership for the urban church, especially among those most needy, to advance the Kingdom of God in the city.
Dr. Davis' Bio
He attended Wheaton College and Wheaton Graduate School, and graduated summa cum laude in his B.A. (1988) and M.A. (1989) degrees, in Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology respectively. He earned his Ph.D. in Religion from the University of Iowa School of Religion (2000). Having served churches as both an associate and senior pastor, Don has served as Director of World Impact Wichita, as well as its Vice-President of Education, overseeing World Impact’s four Christian schools in Los Angeles, Watts, Philadelphia, and Newark in the late eighties and early nineties.
In addition to his current duties as the Institute’s Director and as professor in its Hope School of Ministry, Dr. Davis also serves as World Impact’s national Vice-President of Leadership Development, and oversees the training of urban missionaries, church planters, and city pastors, and facilitates training opportunities for urban Christian workers in evangelism, church growth, and pioneer missions. He leads the Institute’s extensive distance learning programs, which includes giving support to 69 TUMI satellites, representing a variety of churches and ministries including satellites in correctional facilities and prisons, rescue missions, a midwestern seminary, and ministries to Native Americans. TUMI's leadership development programs are also international in scope, with satellites in Guatemala, Mexico, Pakistan, Bolivia, Canada, and Ghana.
A recipient of numerous teaching and academic awards, Don has served as professor and faculty at a number of fine academic institutions, having taught courses in religion, theology, philosophy, and biblical studies at Wheaton College, St. Ambrose University, the Houston Graduate School of Theology, and the University of Iowa School of Religion. Dr. Davis has written numerous courses, articles, and curricula, and has participated in many academic and theological consortiums such as the Staley Lecture series, Promise Keepers rallies, and the University of Virginia Lived Theology Project Series. He is also a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature. In his current role, Don has authored a number of comprehensive texts, curricula, and study materials to equip urban leaders to fulfill their ministries on behalf of the underserved in the urban church.
Don and his wife Elizabeth have been married 35 years (February 1975). Their oldest son, Matthew David, was 26 years old when he went home to be with the Lord in August of 2003. They have two grown children, born in 1980 and 1984 respectively. Dr. Joanna Davis-McElligat graduated in 2010 with a Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa, and is an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Louisiana, and Daniel (born in 1984), is a doctoral fellow in the English program working towards his Ph.D. in English, also at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Davis Speaking Engagement Request
If you would like to have Dr. Davis speak at service or event, please email us your request. Please include in your request, the following:
1. What is the service or event you would like him to speak at?
2. What is the date(s) of this engagement?
3. Where is this event going to be hosted (state, city)?
4. Who is hosting this event (e.g. church, ministry, association, etc.)?
5. What is the purpose of this event?
6. What specifically are you asking Dr. Davis to do (e.g. preach at two morning services)
We will acknowledge your request when we receive it and will seek to give you an answer within one week. We look forward to the possibility of partnering with you for the advance of the Kingdom of God.
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Dr. Davis' Weekly Teaching
Weekly Expository Teaching
TUMI follows the readings of the Bible outlined by the Revised Common Lectionary in our weekly services together, and worship and teach in our times together informed by those Scriptures as well as our annual theme, all shaped by the observances of the Church Year. Listen along with us as Dr. Davis presents on topics related to our theme and the Church Year. His expository sermons are Scripturally based, Christ-centered, urban-flavored, and spiritually refreshing! This link will take you to the latest TUMI teaching in our worship, or you may elect to go to our Media Bank and find previous teachings on a broad array of themes on books of the Bible and themes related to the Church Year. We make these available to encourage you in your walk with Christ, and to to inspire you to a greater love for and knowlege of our Savior!
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