Alabama students experience life-changing, ‘eye-opening’ summer on mission
Jacob Novak only has one semester left before he graduates from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The whole time he’s been there, he’s been a commuter student. But this semester is different — he moved on campus for the first time. It’s because he spent his summer doing missions in Boston with the North American Mission […]
The “Mission Goes On” Wherever We Are
Steve Thompson said he never thought the day would come when he heard his students say they were sick of their computer screens. But at Auburn University, where Thompson serves as Baptist campus minister, that’s the sentiment now — and students all across the state are right there with them. But in the midst of […]
Summer Missions
Rachel is a One Mission Student that has spent the last three summers serving in Mexico City. This summer, I had the chance to serve in Mexico City alongside missionaries in ministry to existing churches, college students, children, and people in parks for the third summer. Each year, we’ve worked with a local church, led […]
Serving While in College
Rachel is a One Mission Student who has spent the last three summers serving in Mexico City. When I started college, I knew what I wanted to study – Spanish – and not much else. I didn’t know what to do with it or how to serve the Lord with it. I just knew that […]
Following the Lord to Phoenix, AZ
Hannah Williams never planned on leaving Alabama. She never planned on going to Pursue or spending her summer in Phoenix, Arizona, through GenSend. Her plan was to spend the rest of her life in Alabama. Little did she know, the Lord had much bigger plans for her. Williams was a student at the University of […]
Alabama College Students Commissioned for Summer Missions
More than 100 students were commissioned for summer missions at One Mission Students’ annual Student Missions Commissioning Service held April 13 at Liberty Baptist Church, Chelsea. “This service is a highlight for me every year and this year was no exception,” said Chris Mills, student missions mobilizer for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions […]
Living Missionally in New Orleans
The Big Easy. Mardi Gras. Voodoo. The French Quarter. Beignets. Bourbon Street. New Orleans (NOLA) is known for all sorts of things, but church has never been one of them. Thankfully, many people have chosen to strategically plant their lives in NOLA to be the light of Christ in the darkness. From church planters to […]
Troy Student Ministers to Assisted Living Residents in Phoenix
This summer when Holly Walker went to do summer missions in Phoenix, she got a bonus — a chance to meet a great uncle that she had never met and a chance to share the gospel with 30 of his friends. “When I got to his assisted-living facility, I thought I was just going to […]
Football player brings Guatemala mindset back to UWA
Griffin Ricketson said that when Chris Mills came to First Baptist Church, Livingston, and did a presentation on summer missions opportunities, Ricketson didn’t know what he was doing for the summer yet. And then Mills, Alabama’s student missions strategist, mentioned the Guatemala trip. “It’s like God smacked me in the face with it,” said Ricketson, […]
Alabama Baptist students spend summer serving, sharing Christ
The day Rachel Pate met Greta, everything had gone wrong. It was Pate’s second summer serving in Mexico City, and she and her teammates were trying to invite university students to their English conversation circle. “Last year that worked really well, but this year they told us we couldn’t pass out flyers on campus,” said […]
Student missionary to continue work in New Orleans
Amber Kern didn’t pick New Orleans. But it seems God might’ve picked it for her. Last summer, she signed up for student missions and asked to be a part of the Boston team. She got assigned to New Orleans instead. “But my heart completely broke for the city,” said Kern, a student at Calhoun Community […]
Troy student sees young girls at camp in Kenya fall in love with the Word
Stargazing — that was what all the girls did at night after the worship service at Camp Blue Sky in Kenya. And one night while they were all staring at the sky together, Amy Lowe could tell that Yael had something on her mind. “That week, I was working with the 10- and 11-year-old girls,” […]