As it's been a while since I've taken the time to update my blog, I thought I'd write a flurry of posts to give you a sense of what we've been up to on campus and what I've been up to personally as well. Happy reading!"It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known..." - Romans 15:20
This past January, InterVarsity hosted its first ever planting conference, Ambition 2012. A few hundred IV staff and students from around the country gathered together to talk about planting, or starting new ministries on college campuses. At SLU, we've been engaged in planting missionary communities (we call them "cells") for the past few years. We've planted these Bible studies in the Fraternity/Sorority system, in dorms across campus, among the International community, and elsewhere. We love starting new things at SLU and it was an honor to be in attendance at this conference.
Four leaders from SLU InterVarsity and myself took the flight down to Tampa, FL for four days of training and preaching from guys like York Moore, Alan Hirsch, Kim Hammond, Brian Sanders, and a myriad of InterVarsity staff from around the country. I even got to lead a seminar on planting new ministries purely through evangelistic Bible studies (i.e. starting with people who are not yet following Jesus).
These four days were a huge blessing to our team. We were blessed by the worship and mission of Tampa Underground, the church that hosted us. We were blessed by the creativity and apostolic spirit of staff and students from around the country. We were blessed by the community God has been building among our leaders and our region here in the Midwest. God has given us a vision to not only see our entire campus reached with the Gospel but also to see the Gospel spill over from our campus into the surrounding neighborhood. Join us in praying for God to lead us in seeing that vision realized!
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