“There are fewer Christians in Utah than any country in the western hemisphere,” according to Plant4thegospel.com. “The next closest would be Cuba at 6%.”
Midwestern Seminary hosted the ninth annual For the Church National Conference in Kansas City on Sept. 11–12, welcoming more than 1,100 pastors and ministry leaders to campus.
“It was buzzing, it was loud, and the students were responding really well to the worship and the message,” Dunn said.
At a gathering of pastors, the discussion turned to the leadership pipeline crisis. Specifically mentioned was the crisis of finding church staff but also the lack of church planters for new congregations or multisite campuses.
“For me, basketball is only a platform that God has given me to pour into the lives of young people,” said Steve Edwards, women’s basketball coach at Brewton-Parker College.
“The whole concept is really removing the barrier of cost of premium Christian higher education,” said Darby Renfro, a freshman at Mississippi College.
“We acknowledge the reality that there is darkness, but there is also the light of Jesus that offers hope,” said Josh Ferguson, a college pastor for UNC with The Summit Church.
Thirty-eight Baptist Collegiate Ministry students from across Tennessee spent their summer showing the love of Christ in unique ministry settings across the nation and the world.
