Urbanrevs is a practical, quick, bible-based training course for people who want to be effective chaplains or powerfully relevant followers of Jesus in their workplace and community.
You will discover the power and art of ‘presence ministry’: How to make Jesus real. Learn the 5 P’s of Presence Ministry and 5 Practical Skills to use immediately! Discover the importance of facing discomfort to influence people. Become more confident to share Jesus’ grace and mercy in a authentic and meaningful way. Discover how to avoid common mistakes. Learn the importance of being “heart-ready” before you take action.
You can complete your Urbanrevs certificate course and assessment online at your own pace. You get 19 fast-paced lessons and a years access to any updates and promotional courses. You can even use your Urbanrevs Certificate as credit with our ministry partners, saving you money. If it suits, you can even trial Urbanrevs for free.
Urbanrevs is an adaptation of the hugely successful and recent community ministry model from Sports Chaplaincy Australia – A fully-tested and proven model which sees them responding to the growing demand for chaplains in local sports communities (over 15,000 and counting!).
Urbanrevs is a missional model designed to succeed in communities, which are often unreceptive, anti-religious, and even hostile. It has a record of success in these trying circumstances, because people crave grace and mercy, and communities genuinely value authentic pastoral leadership.
One CEO made a request for our services with the comment, “We don’t completely get what you do but it’s good. Can you help us find a chaplain for our 1800 football clubs?”
The target audience of Urbanrevs is ‘every’ community, not just those involved in sports. The course is designed for every follower of Jesus, not just chaplains.
The Urbanrevs program highlights the opportunities of marketplace ministry without adding weight to our already busy schedules.
I have been impacted and inspired by the urban model of Chaplaincy Training that Cam Butler has developed… I highly recommend Urban Revs training.
Cam presents this introduction with a genuine love of Community Chaplaincy. His teaching in this video gives a clear understanding of what the Point of Difference is in Chaplaincy work compared to other community support roles. The scale of how one needs to identify what is needed; from a passive role (e.g. hanging around) to an active role (e.g. initiate conversations) and to constantly review where you are at on the scale, is very good advice and something I will remember. Having patience, being present and increasing credibility is taught throughout the videos. Understanding that Jesus is the core of how to model oneself in Community Chaplaincy is richly presented in the module.
The term ‘urban’ has a broader meaning than just ‘city’ it means ‘where community gathers’; and the lower case ‘rev’ is a colloquialism for ‘a God person’ (not a capital ‘R’ Reverend). That’s what we hope every follower of Jesus becomes in full measure: The ‘community God person’.
From God’s perspective they are the true ‘everyday heroes’ – people who make Jesus and his grace and mercy real to all those in their community, whether that community is a workplace, school, sports club, shopping centre, business, club or council. They take responsibility to direct people towards Jesus. They are not the experts, they point people to the “expert”. They just need a little instruction to get started and away they go!
So, why not become an effective, everyday hero today? Sign-up below.