Both graduates of a Central Bible College (Mike 1996, Jen 1997), they completed their campus ministry internship @ Eastern Michigan University in the spring of 1998 and received their national appointment as U.S. missionaries that September. Mike and Jen have served as the directors of
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship at American University since the fall of 1999 and were ordained with the Assemblies of God in May of 2003.
Mike enjoys watching
Yankee’s baseball, and he finished his 7th marathon in October of 2004. Jen likes reading, hunting for bargains, and hanging out with friends. Both Mike and Jen have a mutual fascination with their sons Samuel Jaden, who joined the family in July 2003 and Levi Christopher a recent arrival in April of 2006!
Ministry @ American University“The university is the clear-cut fulcrum with which to move the world. More potently than by any other means, change the university and you change the world.”
-Dr. Charles Malik
In 1997, there wasn’t a single evangelical ministry on campus at
American University (AU), a campus of 10,000 students from all 50 states and 165 nations in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Seeing the need, Dave Owens, then the director of the city-wide Chi Alpha ministry started a Bible study with the help of
Barry Goldberg, the women’s volleyball coach, establishing Chi Alpha at AU for the first time.
In the fall of 1999, we became the first full-time Chi Alpha missionaries to focus our efforts at AU. Our strategy was to train leaders. We invested in the students in the Bible study, discipling them to reach their friends and classmates and extend God’s kingdom on campus. That strategy paid off! The participation in Chi Alpha has increased more than ten-fold. There are over 100 students that are part of the body of Christ expressed in Chi Alpha. Ministry on campus includes over a dozen small groups, a weekly evangelistic discussion, an outreach to athletes, prayer meetings, literature distribution, yearly missions trips and many other outreach and fellowship events.
Our StrategyCreative Outreach
We believe every member of the campus community deserves to hear the gospel in a relevant way. Through movie discussions, book-tables, contact evangelism, and residence hall presentations, we seek to reconcile the university community to Christ
Strategic DiscipleshipWe believe in the awesome ability of students to lead their peers. That is why we invest in students’ lives to enable them to grow in Christ and minister effectively throughout their years on campus and for a lifetime beyond.
Sacrificial ServiceWe believe the way of Jesus is better caught than taught. Through serving the needs of others both on campus, in our nation’s capital, and in countries around the world, we spread the love of Christ in a tangible way.
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