Monday, April 7, 2008

What's its all about


Hey Everyone,

Here is what we are all about, at least to start with:

The Ohio State University is the largest university in the country with 52000 students. It has the best football team in the country and is attracting students from all over the country. Yet, despite the greatness of the university, there is a huge, glaring need, a place for students to understand and develop a Christian view of the world through studying the Bible, culture and themselves. I have been called to this ministry and I am writing to ask for your support.

The Coalition for Christian Outreach has called me to this work. The CCO was founded in Pittsburgh in 1971 with the idea they would send missionaries to colleges in the Northeast. The CCO already has an active presence on campus, but there is a need for more workers, especially in the area of worldview development.

We will be starting a Worldview Café at a local coffee house where students can ask all their questions about Christianity. In the long run, we hope to start a Christian worldview study center. Along with these projects, we will be meeting with students, having them in our home, and developing disciples for Christ.

The Lord has pressed this need on to the hearts of my wife and I as we have met with students in the past year. Now that we think about it, the tug has been happening in the six years of ordained ministry in various churches, teaching high school and college. It has been really great to look on our lives to see how the Lord has prepared us for this work in our lives. Our plans are to start meeting one on one meeting with students, worldview discussion at a local coffee house and service projects in the community.



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