Transforming Urban Ministries: What is TIR Outreach?

In many places, strong theological formation is taken for granted. Pastors are trained, mentored, and supported by institutions with the resources to provide it.

In cities like Reading, that support is often absent—not because of a lack of calling, faith, or leadership ability, but because access to formal theological education remains out of reach.

TIR Outreach exists to meet that gap. I raise my own support in order to serve pastors who lead demanding ministries without the benefit of accredited theological training. My work brings serious theology into close conversation with real pastoral life—strengthening preaching, grounding leadership, and fostering Christ-centered ministry where it is most needed.

This is not a program at a distance. It is theology practiced alongside pastors, in their context, over time.

 
 
 
📷 Jeremy Drey/Reading Eagle — click the photo for a sample teaching from Mel

📷 Jeremy Drey/Reading Eagle — click the photo for a sample teaching from Mel

📷Jeremy Drey/Reading Eagle — click the photo for a sample teaching from Mel

📷Jeremy Drey/Reading Eagle — click the photo for a sample teaching from Mel

 
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