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MMF Spotlight: Arizona - by Marc Madrigal

6/4/2018

 
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After the worst summer of her life, Bethany Baldwin decided her sophomore year to find a place where God could heal her broken heart. She then found an old Chi Alpha flyer. Hungry for God and for community, she knew just from the piece of paper that Chi Alpha was the place to be. The first service she attended changed her life. She quickly got connected with a small group and began reading the Bible on her own.

Determined to attend grad school, she toured several campuses but didn’t feel God confirming her decision. At a West Coast SALT conference, she realized God had a different plan for her life: campus ministry.

She began raising support and preparing to move 2000 miles to do her internship in Raleigh, North Carolina, but support raising proved to be a significant challenge. Bethany is from the Navajo reservation. She never attended church growing up.

Most of her support initially came from other Chi Alpha friends. Struggling to finish her budget in time to begin the internship, her campus pastor told her about the Minority Mobilization Fund (MMF). After applying and being approved to receive funds, Bethany’s needs were met!

Today she directs the XAi program at Northern Arizona University. She also has a heart for seeing Chi Alpha established in Las Vegas. This past Spring she led the first prayer team to UNLV where some doors are beginning to open. As she continues the work God has a called her to do, Bethany also gives back to the MMF knowing that those resources can help more missionaries fulfill their call.

The MMF connects minority missionaries to their calling through anchor level support during their intern year. Not only does it help them raise their full budget, but it also instills a confidence that they can lead a lifetime of campus missions and are valuable to our movement. Thank you for supporting the MMF!

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    Contributing Authors


    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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