About The Urban Training Network
The Urban Training Network is a ministry designed to assist churches and para-church organizations with innovative and practical tools needed to lead the church in the 21st century. UTN offers practical and relevant training workshops, custom-designed for your church or ministry, with cutting-edge ministry models. We are a non-profit organization that relies solely on the contribution and support of persons who believe in our cause. Your donations (https://www NULL.paypal NULL.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=AYP4RRGNY2J9Y) are definitely welcomed and needed.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to train and equip ministry leaders in a strategy for evangelism, discipleship and the empowerment of today’s urban leaders.
Our Vision
Our vision is to assist ministry leaders in the task of helping people become fully committed followers of Jesus Christ.
About the Founder and President
Dr. Tommy Carrington
Dr. Tommy Carrington was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, where he was involved in a number of ministry teams both on his high school campus and through his church.
After High School he moved to the United States and attended Miami Christian College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with dual majors in Counseling Psychology and Biblical Studies. He accepted a position with Miami Youth for Christ (http://www NULL.miamiyfc NULL.com/) as a chaplain of the Juvenile Detention Center, and later served as an Area Director in Miami’s urban community.
After 12 years with Youth for Christ, Tommy joined the staff of Reach Out Youth Solutions (http://www NULL.reach-out NULL.org/) where he developed a training program for urban youth leaders. In 2002, God led him to launch the Urban Training Network, a national ministry developed to equip young people and youth leaders with a strategy for evangelism and discipleship.
Dr. Carrington earned his Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Trinity International University (http://www NULL.tiu NULL.edu/), and the Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (http://www NULL.gcts NULL.edu/), specializing in “Ministry in Complex Urban Settings.”
Dr. Carrington currently serves as the President of the Urban Training Network, and also serves as an adjunct professor at Trinity International University / South Florida Campus, and at Palm Beach Atlantic University (http://www NULL.pba NULL.edu/). He travels extensively, speaking at evangelistic rallies, high school outreaches, churches, camps, retreats and seminars for youth and adult leaders.
