Pictured are some of the North Greenville University students who will share the love of Christ in more than 30 countries over their summer break.North Greenville University students will cover the globe this summer as mission and outreach teams prepare to serve in more than 30 countries and six continents.
At a recent commissioning service held on the campus, nearly 500 students were recognized as they prepare to do missions work during their summer break. NGU has five sponsored teams heading to West Virginia, Honduras, Romania, Uganda and East Asia. Others will be serving in a variety of ministries in other parts of the world as short- and long-term missionaries, youth mission trip planners, in nursing homes, summer camps and churches across North America.
“God continues to call out laborers from this generation of university students in a way that is both exciting and humbling,” said Allen McWhite, director for global missions. “Students are willing to put their comfort, and even their lives, on the line for the sake of sharing the love of Jesus in some of the world’s most difficult and remote places.”
One student who will leave this fall to serve in a restricted area for the next two years through the IMB’s Journeyman program feels that God has been preparing her to be a missionary her entire life. “God has given me a personality, my education and certifications, and the desire to share Christ with others,” she said. – NGU