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PIONEERS OF GAMING OUTREACH
Another opportunity we had at the Circle Summit was to open students’ eyes to reaching their classmates through video games. 90% of students play, and research shows that playing together builds trust and opens opportunities to speak into people’s lives. Karen and I set up a table for gaming outreach in an evangelism café… Read more
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New Student Leaders
Karen and I got to be part of a team that hosted a hundred and sixty student and volunteer leaders at our world headquarters as they seek to launch new gospel communities on their campuses. Here’s what some of them had to say… “Circle Summit really helped guide us as to what we should… Read more
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College Football and Christ!
In an effort to reach each student on every campus with the love of Jesus, we think about different types of students, their interests and how to build communities with them. That is why we build ministries like Athletes in Action, so we could meet students like Tommy, a football player from Canada. Tommy… Read more
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REACHING STUDENTS insta-NTLY
Jhanvi is a student at Ferris State University in Michigan. She saw this Instagram Reel about breaking free from comparison and reached out to ask for more information. As we started a direct-messaging conversation with her, she wrote, “I feel lonely at times. Is Jesus there for me? How will I know?” This sparked… Read more
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Evangelism Strike Team
Last week, I got to talk about Jesus with an agnostic penguin from Ireland who only communicated with a marker! These are the kinds of strange sentences I find myself saying as we pioneer evangelistic ministry to gaming students. I met the student on the digital back porch of a cozy little house in a… Read more
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What God’s Been Teaching Us
Why do Christian leaders burn out and burned-out people turn to leisure? Performance Studies doctor, Jane McGonigal, says “because we are fully in control of whether we accept a game’s challenge, we don’t experience anxiety or depression when we play—despite the very real possibility of loss or defeat. Our primary experience is of agency,… Read more