Chris Fabry Live! - Loving the Cities // The Vow
Air Date February 23, 2012
Summary
Hour 1 - Loving the Cities
Is there a connection between the urban poor and the great traditions of the faith? Don Davis says yes, and he teaches this at World Impact’s Urban Ministry Institute. He founded that training center and directs it today. What is God doing in the cities of the world that affect the kingdom? Don’t miss a discussion with Don Davis on the next Chris Fabry Live!
Hour 2 - The Vow
You’ve heard about the movie
The Vow. But do you know the true-life story behind the film? Kim and Krickitt Carpenter share their story, which has a HUGE Christian connection.
Featured
Don Davis
Dr. Don Davis, an ordained minister and native of Wichita, Kan., is the Founder and Director of World Impact’s Urban Ministry Institute (TUMI), 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. He is also a professor in TUMI's Hope School of Ministry and World Impact’s national Vice President of Leadership Development, overseeing the training of urban missionaries, church planters and city pastors, and facilitating training opportunities for urban Christian workers in evangelism, church growth, and pioneer missions.
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). Don has served as professor and faculty at a number of academic institutions, has authored several texts and curricula to equip urban leader and has participated in academic lectureships. He has been married to Elizabeth (Beth) since February 1975. Their oldest son, Matthew David, was 26 years old when he went home to be with the Lord in August 2003. They have two other grown children, Joanna and Daniel.
For more information about Don, please visit The Urban Ministry Institute's website.
Kim and Krickitt Carpenter
Kim and Krickitt Carpenter met in 1992. Married in 1993, a head injury 10 weeks later from a terrible auto accident caused retrograde and post traumatic amnesia, erasing all memory of Kim. Remaining committed to their “for better or for worse” wedding vows, Kim and Krickitt rekindled their romance and held a second wedding ceremony renewing their marriage vows. They wrote their story in the book The Vow in 2000. In 2012, a major motion picture inspired by their story premiered nationwide. Krickitt and Kim live in Farmington, N.M., with their two children. Kim is deputy CEO for San Juan County and Krickitt is a substitute teacher at Farmington High School.
Host
Chris Fabry
Chris Fabry is the host of Chris Fabry Live!, two hours of spiritual encouragement from his backyard radio fence. The program challenges listeners to think biblically about their spiritual journeys. Chris is also the author of the Christy Award-winning novel Dogwood, June Bug and 2011 ECPA Christian Book Award-winner in the Fiction category, Almost Heaven. He and his family live near Tucson, Ariz. To find out more, please visit Chris' website.