Lately we have been packing our suitcases and hitting the road often. And we’re not finished yet! Next Tuesday we leave for Arlington, VA where we will participate in the National Faculty Leadership Conference. By providing Christian fellowship, encouragement, and training in ministry skills, the conference hopes to move professors from being observers to join those who invest in the lives of their colleagues and students with reference to eternal matters.
Our goal is to build movements of Christian professors on every campus, so that each campus will have faculty who point students and colleagues to Christ. We have pre-conference staff meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, June 25 and 26, but on Friday, June 27 we will welcome the professors and graduate students to the weekend conference. Please join us in praying that the Bible exposition, the academic discourses, and the practical helps offered will be well received and will result in fruitful exploits for God in the year ahead. The secular university is considered a stronghold of the gods of this world due to prevalent philosophies that are not in line with God’s Truth. Much prayer is needed to see any changes in the climate on campuses across our land.
One of our colleagues in Faculty Commons went Home to be with the Lord on June 11 after a short but intense battle with ALS commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. She was only 54 years old and had a significant role in leading the women of our ministry in addition to being a godly wife, mother, and influencer in her community and church in Minnesota. Such a loss reminds us that life is short and what we do each day should count for eternity.
We are blessed to be able to devote ourselves to this ministry and your partnership is necessary for our doing it. Thank you for your faithful prayers, encouragement, and gifts. The price of gasoline may have negatively affected the number of professors who will attend the conference in VA. We know you are noticing the rise in all your expenses too. We pray for God’s blessing and help for each of you.
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