Inner City Movement sees a generation that discover their primary identity
and the reality of their immense worth in Jesus, the Christ.
This generation is bombarded through mass media with distorted images of beauty, sexuality, and success that shape our self-image, dictate our choices, the music we listen to, the clothing we wear, the language we use, the way we treat people, the kind of friends we choose, and so forth. For this reason, ICMovement is intentional about exposing the deception behind this multi-billion dollar exploitative industry.
The burden of conforming to these standards has left this generation violent, depressed, confused, and despairing of our future. Consequently, we don’t know who are, where we’re going, how we’re going to get there. A pandemic identity crisis has left our generation physically, emotionally, and spiritually depleted.
Thousands of youth under the age of 18 living in Philadelphia habitually encounter severe risk factors in their communities. Such factors include high levels of poverty, susceptibility to alcohol and drug use, susceptibility to engaging in and becoming a victim of criminal activity, and exposure to abusive and negligent family life. Many have become violent, depressed, confused and suicidal.
Statistics show that children born after 1984, ages 26 and younger, have only a 4% church engagement rate. The crisis is obvious! Inner-City Movement is compelled by the love of God to respond to this crisis by reaching out to the youth of the Greater Philadelphia region through Christ-centered arts education, arts production, prayer, and community outreach. This is the why behind what we do.
For more information got to www.icmovement.org
