2009 Statistics of Our Local Movement:
4,775 Students given the opportunity to hear Gospel
949 Spiritual Conversations with students
327 Students heard the Gospel with chance to respond
16 Students indicated decisions to follow Christ
68 Students involved locally on a discipleship level
This past year has been a year of several firsts for us here. As God has increased both the size of our movement and the involvement of our students, we’ve been able to add new elements to Wellington Student Life to continue to develop our students and help them grow in to life-time Christ-centered laborers. 2009 has brought about our first Autumn Retreat, our first fully integrated US Summer Project Team, the start of weekly training times for our key student leaders, and our first kiwi student intern (Leigh Proctor) from our local movement! In addition to this, it has been really rewarding to see a handful of students really take the initiative to lead in areas like our monthly Fuse meeting, leading men’s and women’s times, and leading other students in Action Groups (small group Bible studies). And as I look at our statistics, I’m encouraged to see that the Gospel is being sown broadly here in Wellington (and that brings glory to God!), but also realizing that the soil of students’ hearts is hard and they are far from knowing God. Continue to join with us in praying that God will soften the hearts of students in 2010 to hear and respond to the message of God’s forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Also pray for us as we lead our team and the students, that we might be able to connect well with the Lost in light of the culture and spiritual climate on the university campuses here. As we reflect on God’s work here, we know that the prayers and committments of our partners are a part of what has made all of this possible! Thanks.
4,775 Students given the opportunity to hear Gospel
949 Spiritual Conversations with students
327 Students heard the Gospel with chance to respond
16 Students indicated decisions to follow Christ
68 Students involved locally on a discipleship level
This past year has been a year of several firsts for us here. As God has increased both the size of our movement and the involvement of our students, we’ve been able to add new elements to Wellington Student Life to continue to develop our students and help them grow in to life-time Christ-centered laborers. 2009 has brought about our first Autumn Retreat, our first fully integrated US Summer Project Team, the start of weekly training times for our key student leaders, and our first kiwi student intern (Leigh Proctor) from our local movement! In addition to this, it has been really rewarding to see a handful of students really take the initiative to lead in areas like our monthly Fuse meeting, leading men’s and women’s times, and leading other students in Action Groups (small group Bible studies). And as I look at our statistics, I’m encouraged to see that the Gospel is being sown broadly here in Wellington (and that brings glory to God!), but also realizing that the soil of students’ hearts is hard and they are far from knowing God. Continue to join with us in praying that God will soften the hearts of students in 2010 to hear and respond to the message of God’s forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Also pray for us as we lead our team and the students, that we might be able to connect well with the Lost in light of the culture and spiritual climate on the university campuses here. As we reflect on God’s work here, we know that the prayers and committments of our partners are a part of what has made all of this possible! Thanks.
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