Partnering with believers to bring about lasting change
God is changing lives with Cru® in inner-city New York. Through local urban churches, people are encountering the hope of Christ, building meaningful relationships, and experiencing lasting change. Our Inner City Ministry’s Circle of Hope equips our partner churches to walk alongside their neighbors and serve their communities with compassion and purpose.
We serve urban churches in New York City by equipping them through Cru’s Inner City programs, supporting their work of evangelism and discipleship in their communities.
We provide Compassionate Products™ and training to support the church in establishing relationships with people in their neighborhood.
We mobilize volunteers, resourced churches, and financial investment to increase our inner-city church partners’ capacity for life-changing evangelism and whole-person discipleship that transforms communities.
We train, coach, and encourage church leaders. We work with churches to develop programs for effective evangelism and whole-person discipleship. These programs are for both children and adults and minister to their physical needs while introducing them to a relationship to Jesus.
Distributed by volunteers, our Compassionate Products™ provide tangible expressions of God’s love to people in the inner city of New York.
S.A.Y. Yes!® (Save America’s Youth – Yes!) Centers are biblically-based programs that take place in an after-school setting through inner-city churches.
Want to help reach more people in New York City with the hope of Christ? There are several ways to help.
We currently partner with more than 130 churches in all five boroughs of New York City. Learn how you can be one of them.
Whether you’re excited to do outreach or participate behind the scenes, your support makes a difference.
Support our ministry work through financial partnership.
Want to learn more about what the Inner City Ministry of Cru is doing in New York? Contact our team with any questions.
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Editor’s note: For decades, the Inner City Ministry of Cru® has served poor and neglected communities by equipping pastors and lay leaders with resources and training to reach their neighborhoods
Editor’s note: For decades, the Inner City Ministry of Cru® has served vulnerable communities by equipping pastors and lay leaders with resources and training to reach their neighborhoods with the
Cleland was enjoying the freedom that only a bicycle can bring when you are little, and your world is still small. It only lasted a few minutes before a gunshot
Friday, May 1, 2026
Editor’s note: For decades, the Inner City Ministry of Cru® has served poor and neglected communities by equipping pastors and lay leaders with resources and training to reach their neighborhoods
Editor’s note: For decades, the Inner City Ministry of Cru® has served vulnerable communities by equipping pastors and lay leaders with resources and training to reach their neighborhoods with the
Cleland was enjoying the freedom that only a bicycle can bring when you are little, and your world is still small. It only lasted a few minutes before a gunshot