Urban Plunge – Apply – Urban Alliance

The Urban Plunge is a unique initiative of Johnson University. Launched three years ago, the Urban Plunge has developed into an organically structured inner-city immersion experience set amongst strategic neighborhoods in Knoxville. The program is designed to provide upper-level undergraduate students with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore urban ministry, academic integration, spiritual formation, and intentional community—and to do so within the context of a mentor-based missional cohort. Cohort members will enjoy access to a rich resource network of mature urban leaders and their organizations and will be challenged to develop the integral habits of incarnational Christian witness in a variety of real-world applications.

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Academic Advisor
Are you ready to take the Plunge?

Here are a few questions for you to consider before you complete this initial application.
Are you a rising junior or a rising senior?
Are you ready to relocate to an inner city neighborhood in Knoxville for the next two semesters while you complete your degree at Johnson University?
Are you prepared to drive/car-pool 20-25 minutes to Johnson’s Tennessee campus?
*Note: Lack of owning a vehicle will not exclude you from the program.
Are you able to join the Urban Plunge Cohort in a beginning of year retreat, August, 2020?
Are you prepared to take the time and raise support in order to participate in an Urban Plunge mission trip in the spring of 2021?
Are you willing to volunteer with an urban organization for the entirety of your time in Urban Plunge?
Are you willing to be partnered with a mentor for the duration of your Plunge journey?
What urban or inner city organizations are you currently working with or volunteering with? Do you intend on continuing your work with this organization during your time in the Urban Plunge program? Do you have any other former experience in urban contexts?*
If you have serious doubts about your capacity to follow through on any of the questions above, then you may not be ready to take the Plunge. If you answered no to any of these questions, please share your thoughts, concerns, or reasons as to why you selected “No”:
Is there an individual at Johnson or in the Knoxville community that you are already connected to who could serve as a potential mentor? If so, who?
What most interests you about living in an inner-city neighborhood?
What unique perspective, abilities, talents, and passions will make you a healthy and contributing member of the next Urban Plunge cohort?
Do your parents know of your interest in the Urban Plunge, and will you have their blessing to participate?
Please provide two references
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REFERENCE #2
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Relationship to You
Reference #2 Address
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

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