This spring break, students didn’t just find the beach — they found boldness, purpose and a mission to share the hope of Christ.
Thousands of college students head to the Gulf Coast each year for spring break on the beaches of Panama City Beach, Florida. Since the early 1990s, BeachReach has been an effective ministry to spring breakers as hundreds of Christian college students from across the nation join together to share the gospel of Jesus.
By meeting the physical needs of spring breakers — providing food and transportation — BeachReachers are able to share the love of God in the midst of brokenness among students’ lives at Panama City Beach.
Growing in boldness
According to Sam Ivy, director of the Collegiate Ministries Department at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, “I am thankful that our BSUs and college ministries are involved in BeachReach because it allows students to grow in their boldness and urgency to see the gospel shared among their fellow students.
“This generation is hungry for authentic relationships, so to see 200-plus college students from Mississippi leveraging their spring break for the Kingdom shows me this generation is taking up the missionary task among their peers and friends,” Ivy continued. “Join me in praying for more college students to be laborers for the Lord among the lost at BeachReach and on their campuses for the years to come.”
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Tony Martin and originally published by the Baptist Record.
