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My name is Tim Coop. I recently resigned from Pantano Christian Church, in Tucson, Arizona, where I had served for 17 years. My wife Sandy and I have now moved to Las Vegas so that we can be near my children and grandchildren.I have been a part of Project New Hope International from the very beginning. This project has been a bold, fresh approach to missions - to reaching a city. My role is now expanding with the project. Knowing I had some discretionary time, John Hendee has asked me to be a consultant for Project New Hope in the area of developing a city church planting movement in Trujillo. We are doing some amazing things in the barrios surrounding Trujillo. Now it is time to turn our attention to the city itself. Our strategy is to use the LifeWind (holistic community transformation) and Bridges (Biblical Story Telling), the same vehicles we are using in the barrios outside the city to develop a city movement built on small house churches which change the barrios of the city from the inside out. Trujillo consists of 59 barrios. Out of the 59, two city barrios have already been chosen to begin the city work, barrios that give us the greatest chance for success. They will become our pilot projects. This approach is time and relationship intensive, but promises amazing exponential, transforming results in the long term.
At the same time, it is the goal of the city movement to develop a healthy city celebration where Christ Followers can gather for a family reunion on a weekly basis. Mike Bukta has recently started such a gathering on Sunday nights.
I will be working with Mike in this role, making four or five trips every year to Trujillo, and making myself available to him on a weekly basis through email and phone calls.
In the past three years in Tucson, I helped Pantano utilize LifeWind in the urban poor areas of Tucson, experimenting with how we can use the LifeWind principles of community transformation in Western culture. As a member of the PNHI board since it’s inception I have been a part of helping us fully grasp the paradigm of community transformation using the LifeWind and Bridges approach. Now, I am truly excited about seeing what can happen in the city of Trujillo. Just once in my life I would like to witness a movement that is so out of control only God can take the credit or contain it. This would be my prayer in the city of Trujillo.
Tim Coop
