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MMF Spotlight: New Orleans - by Marc Madrigal

5/7/2018

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As a freshman at Loyola University in New Orleans, Joshua Byrd spotted a flyer advertising a worship gathering at the front of the school. Hoping to make friends, he attended and soon became part of Chi Alpha. Although as a student he felt God calling him to campus ministry and a burden to see students shaped by the love of God, he wasn’t sure what a career in campus missions would actually look like.
 

When it came time for graduation, Joshua received two different job offers from former companies he had interned at. Instead he chose to become a CMIT to be trained in campus missions.
 

During his internship year, Joshua was one of the first ever recipients of an anchor level support grant from the Minority Mobilization Fund. He credits his anchor level support as a significant financial help, allowing him in part to be able to raise his support and pay his bills each month.


What started off as one year of missions turned into two. Now each week, he disciples men on his campus and equips students to lead worship. Throughout the year he instructs student leaders and shares in preaching duties. Recently Joshua made an incredible five-year commitment to campus missions at Loyola. This next fall, he will be transitioning into the director role of Chi Alpha at Loyola, the same school where he started as a freshman years ago.


The initial investment made by MMF donors into Joshua’s first year of ministry is continuing to pay dividends for years to come. Thank you, Chi Alpha Nation, for believing in this strategic effort to raise up laborers from all different people’s groups.

More about the Minority Mobilization Fund.... 

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    Belkis Lehmann
    National Diversity Specialist 
    Chi Alpha Campus Ministries 
    Greensboro, NC


    Bethany Baldwin
    Missionary, Chi Alpha Campus Ministries,
    Flagstaff, AZ

    Brandon Wilkes

    Pastor, One Church,
    St. Louis, MO

    Chris Beard
    Pastor, Peoples Church, Cincinnati, OH

    Marcus Floyd
    Missionary, Chi Alpha Campus Ministries,
    Richmond, VA

    Mike Godzwa
    Missionary, Chi Alpha Campus Ministries,
    Richmond, VA

    Raydon and Kim Haskins
    Missionaries, Chi Alpha Campus Ministries,
    Terre Haute, IN

    Rigo Herrera
    Missionary, Chi Alpha Campus Ministries,
    Charlottesville, VA

    Sadell Bradley
    Pastor, New Life Covenant Church,
    Cincinnati, OH




    Our purpose is to help the church be an accurate representation of Christ's people to the campus in its: sacred creation (Acts17:26),
    diverse ethnic makeup (Rev. 7:9), supernatural oneness (Gal. 3:28), Jesus-centered unity(John 17:21), kingdom-ethic witness (Mt. 5:1-15, Luke 4:18-19) and reconciliation ministry(2 Cor. 5: 16-21, Eph. 2:14-22).

    We do this through: 
    1. Mobilizing the unsent* 
    2. Equipping through training and resourcing 
    3. Helping plant campus ministries at HBCU's** 
    4. Building cross-cultural bridges between believers & congregations 


    *Unsent refers to ethnic minorities traditionally under-represented in missions
    **Historically Black College and Universities


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