Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Our goal is to see lives transformed – individuals, communities, nations and the world. Alliance for Transformational Ministry (ATM) exists to encourage the expansion of transformational ministry worldwide, using Community Health Evangelism (CHE) and Neighborhood Transformation (NT). We believe using these methods are the best way to transform our communities and the world out of poverty and closer to God. We seek to see the world transformed individual by individual and to see communities transformed from the inside; transformed by the love of God as demonstrated by the efforts and the work of the people in the community. We seek to do this by equipping people to help their community transform and networking them with others that can help them. If the organization is in the United States, we can act as a financial incubator to allow them to more quickly begin to affect their community
CHE via Global CHE Network has three main goals in the CHE Network:
1. To alleviate poverty in a million villages.
2. To catalyze integral disciple making movements in a million villages.
3. To mainstream Public Health as Mission in Christian colleges and universities.
Neighborhood Transformation, via CNT, is focused on establishing the approach in North American and European cities.

ATM uses the following strategies to achieve our goals:
1) We work through partnerships. We partner with organizations worldwide to uses our techniques to help communities transform out of poverty and closer to God.
2) We provide educational materials to equip people to help them and their communities transform. These materials are not copyrighted – they are given away freely.
3) We provide training in our approaches and material – both directly to people working in their communities and to organizations to spread through their work.
4) Our partners guide our work – via councils and meeting they direct how we can best help improve this transformational work (focus areas, educational areas, etc.)
5) Finally, we allow US incorporated non-profit organizations to associate under ATM and use its 501c3 number for receiving donations. Further, we provide back office capability like finances, receipting, 990s, etc. This is done for a 7% fee on donations to cover costs. Non-profits must also conform to some other criteria (on our web page) to be accepted.

Additionally, we have three main strategies as the CHE Network:
1. Mobilize and equip churches and faith-based organizations globally for catalyzing transformational movements using the CHE strategy.
2. Train and equip churches and individuals to integrate Disciple Making Movements and Community-Based Development using the CHE strategy.
3. Incorporate CHE training into Public Health and Cross-Cultural Ministry programs in Christian Colleges and Universities worldwide.

Neighborhood Transformation, via CNT, has the following goals for the next ten years:
• Expand the CNT network – we want to have 200 Catalysts in North America over the next decade (10X increase):
• 100 Communities doing NT in North America and 20 worldwide (20X increase in Connectors/communities being transformed).
• Neighborhood Transformation / Community Health Evangelism approach integrated into 5 Bachelor and Master education programs
• Have 12 new CNT Affiliates supporting the above work
• Web-accessible portal of all NT people in North America – integrating them into a support network

ATM has the following capabilities to support our goals:
1) ATM develops training material, provides training assistance and provides a global network of people working to transform their communities. The materials are not copyrighted – they are provided free and they can be modified and contextualized as required.
2) ATM works through partner organization around the world (as of 2018 there were around 900 of these partner organizations).
3) ATM provides networks, councils, and connections of people doing this work around the world. Members can connect with and utilize these connections to improve their work.
4) ATM can provide organizations operating as an Incorporated Non Profit in a State of the United States and doing CHE / NT with the financial association. The organization in question can associate under our umbrella and use of 501c3. ATM provides the back office support allowing the organization to focus on its mission.

CHE Network Capabilities:
• Members representing more than 700 organizations
• Ongoing work in 4,227 communities and 134 countries
• More than 4200 workers and 25,000 volunteers worldwide
• CHE training and curricula available in 46 different languages
• 935 Churches Planted

NT Network Capabilities:
Currently, we have 5 really strong Church-based programs that are now able to be used a training location where people can see NT in action and be trained at the same time.

NT has also been training healthcare professionals so NT can be used in their clinics. The biggest one to date is in Louisville KY and NT is being used in the clinic.

NT has about 25 active city catalysts whose role is to bring change and awareness to a city and oversee some of the work and training being done there.

Community Health Evangelism (CHE) started in Africa in about 1980. Neighborhood Transformation was created in the mid-2000s; taking CHE as practiced in the rural third world and modifying it to apply to urban communities in the United States and Canada.

CHE Network: Progress
*More than 4200 CHE programs
*More than 29,500 workers trained
*More than 120,000 households impacted
*935 Churches Planted

NT impact
CNT is a network of neighborhoods across North America transforming themselves out of poverty and growing to maturity in Christ. It is based on CHE, with the integration of Asset Based Community Development for urban areas. CNT’s Theme is Helping You in Transforming People and Place by Connecting Neighbors, Creating Community, and Transforming places Neighborhoods and Cities

Since starting in the late 2000s CNT has trained over 4,000 individuals in the NT concepts. You can find people who have been trained all over the US. Those how have been trained are using NT in various ways.
1. In their own neighborhood. No way to track how many neighborhoods have been impacted
2. Through the local church or thru a nonprofit
Things take time to develop. Currently, we have 5 really strong Church-based programs that are now able to be used in training locations where people can see NT in action and be trained at the same time.
*NT has also been training healthcare professionals so NT can be used in their clinics. The biggest one to date is in Louisville KY & NT is being used in the clinic.
*NT has about 25 active city catalysts whose role is to bring change and awareness to a city & oversee some of the work and training being done there.

CNT goals for the next decade are:
•Expand the CNT network –we want to have 200 Catalysts in North America over the next decade (10X increase):
•100 Communities doing NT in North America and 20 worldwide (20X increase in Connectors/communities being transformed).
•Neighborhood Transformation /Community Health Evangelism approach integrated into 5 Bachelor & Master education programs
•Have 12 new CNT Affiliates supporting the above work
•Web-accessible portal of all NT people in North America -integrating them into a support network
with ATM allows US-based non-profits that are trying to do CHE/NT with access to using a 501c3 number (without the time and cost of going through the IRS) as well as a ready to use back office capability to provide financial /tax services. This allows the organization to focus its effort on its mission in its community. Sometime the organization will grow to a size where they want to apply for their own 501c3 and be independent and sometimes they will stay under the ATM umbrella as they grow. In the last decade, we have had about 10 US-based non-profits under the ATM umbrella. It should be noted we do not allow associates as a financial growth mechanism for ATM. We change only enough to cover the back office cost. We do this simply as a tool to enable more groups to do CHE/NT.