Ben Edfeldt says when you go to an International Mission Board sending celebration, you hear a striking similarity among the stories of new missionaries.
“A high percentage of them will say, ‘While in college, the Lord called me to go,’” he said. “It’s stunning to hear how many of them say that’s where they felt their first inclination of calling.”
That’s one reason Edfeldt, director of the office of collegiate and student missions for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, feels so strongly about sending students out for spring breaks and summers.
“We hope and deeply desire to see students have a heart for the nations,” he said. “We hope summer missions will return a yield and create the next generation of missionaries.”
This year, Alabama Baptists are sending out 103 college students to serve in 22 countries and 11 states as part of One Mission Students, Alabama Baptists’ collegiate summer missions program.
Removing barriers, preparing students
To prepare, One Mission Students held a training and commissioning weekend in mid-April at Cropwell Baptist Church in Pell City. While there, students learned about spiritual warfare, had safety training and went through an airport security simulation, among other instructive experiences.
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This article was originally published at TheAlabamaBaptist.org.
