Mission, Vision, Values and Primary Focus
TML Mission Statement
Touching Miami With Love’s mission is to share the love of Christ by offering hope, opportunities, and resources for individuals and families.
Value Statements
We will be an organization committed to:
- seeing our community being transformed into a picture of the Kingdom of God here on earth
- seeing our community as a place that is safe and secure place to live and raise a family
- fostering spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health and well-being through long term solutions for the problems facing our community.
Vision Statements
Christ Centered – we are committed to
- Biblically guided and prayer-centered ministry.
- Expressing through words and actions the love of Jesus Christ. Our work is social action and evangelical proclamation.
- Demonstrating integrity in our daily ministry.
- A servant model of leadership.
- Investing the time to stay spiritually directed.
- Assisting in the Holy Spirit’s work to change lives through breaking through strongholds of poverty.
Cooperative – we are committed to
- To maintaining meaningful relationship with the people we work
- Partnering with individuals living in our target area to meet their own needs
- Being active in efforts to promote racial reconciliation.
- Equipping believers and churches to participate in Christ’s call to be the presence of Christ and serve the poor of Miami.
- Securing resources provided by churches, foundations, corporations, and individuals which allow for the full expression of our mission statement
Holistic – we are committed to
- Developing appropriate ministries that address the spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of the poor.
- Showing dignity and respect for the people with whom we work.
- Moving individuals from poverty to self sufficiency.
- Changing policies and systems to assure justice for the urban poor.
Strategic, Innovative, and Responsive – we are committed to
- Listening and responding to the needs of the people through utilizing their assets.
- Developing, initiating, and sustaining strategic, relevant, and innovative ministries.
- Replicating proven urban ministry models that allow effectiveness to be monitored and measured for results.
- Seeking to fill unmeet needs without duplicating or competing with existing services or ministries.
- Be wise stewards of resources
Our Primary Focus of Ministry
TML’s primary focus is Overtown. Overtown is a small inner-city community of 12,000 people in the midst of metropolitan Miami-Dade (2.3 million). This area is often cited as the poorest community in the State of Florida.
The community is plagued with many consequences of poverty including high crime, drug trafficking and use, high teenage pregnancy rate, single parent families, substandard housing, failed education and lack of quality activities.
