Source: Sannys letter to various invitees in July 1950. As to attitude, they are serious, almost to the point of being neurotic. I've seen headlines like, "The Beginning of the End.". Leaders based in Europe included Doug Sparks and family, Bob Stephens and family, Roy Rimmer, Joyce Turner, Pat Lawler, Bob Wilbraham from Denmark, Tom and Nancy Heeb and Gordy Strom from Germany, Noel Nelson from Sweden. . Scotty comments in his autobiography: In describing the campus-oriented focus of the Navs in the Twin Cities, I am tracking a shift from The Navigators previous preoccupation with servicemen during World War II to a new concentration on university students. The strong emphasis on cross-cultural sending prior to making a significant impact in a country clearly diluted the ranks of US collegiate leaders because many were selected for overseas staff slots. Meanwhile, in Brazil, Jim Petersen was trying to do what no other Navigator had ever donestart a work only among the non-religious. James and Jan Broad also came out of Eds ministry in London, opening a work in Nottingham in 1971 and then ministering in Cambridge. Typically, some 40 percent of those who graduate from the US Corps can be found on our staff five years later.134, In the providence of God, it was the generation of students who began to arrive as freshmen in 1994Gen Ywho were more open to the beauty of the Gospel. The average size of Nav ministries that reported is thirty-seven. For example: Hanyang University, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul Moonli Teachers College, ChungAng University, Konkook University, Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Several repeated the process in the Netherlands while others traveled to the Middle East. In 1971, the leaders of four main evangelical agencies ministering on US campuses met77 and formally agreed to teach the staff of their organizations the following principles . In this prescient volume, Fife and Glasser dedicate a chapter to demonstrating that students were a growing class, a strategic class, a needy class, a critical class, a responsive class, a neglected class. Objectives which were successfully accomplished included strengthening relationships in a common pursuit, exposure to what God was doing throughout our student works, exploring common crucial issues, strengthening one another in personal growth and leadership.143 Participants assessed the gathering as practical and productive, often in written reports. . Daws asked Don Rosenberger to move to Washington, DC to organize the training of counselors. The Baha'i Club provides prayer, study, social, and service activities on campus for all students who are interested in learning about and promoting the principles of the Baha'i Faith. . The team works to change the world one heart at a time as they help . We are of course very encouraged by this, but regret that we do not have the information or the energy to complete the collegiate project.145. It has to be said that similar observations about the climate and context would largely be true for the Dutch ministries in Delft and beyond. I will have an hour every day for a week with the 1,400 students around the first of February. A similar resistance surfaced in Singapore when we began our thrust among college and university students in 1965. Experience shows this stage will take six-to-ten years if we are going to build solidly. . Briefly called the Radical Corps (April 1994, Cook) and then, even more briefly, the Morningstar Partnership! Source: Chew to McGilchrist on March 3, 2015. What emerged was a statement that the number one priority for the national ministries in PAN is the revitalization and revision of the student ministries.125. Paul Yoo at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary (and some working people) John Ha at Seoul National University and David Choi at Hanyang University. Is your main interest in churches or students? Collegiate ministry was difficult, with little fruit. Meanwhile, Russ Johnston launched our ministry at Iowa State in Ames while a senior at the university, in 1957. Students in World Missions: A Brief History. When this stage is reached, representatives will not be sent from the US to overseas posts in appreciable numbers because the strategic spots will be filled by men of many nationalities. Of that first generation of seven students101 around Gert and Baukje, several became Nav staff. . . Bright passed the presidency to the Rev. Bill Bright was impressed with IVFs evangelistic zeal, but some local chapters (as at USC) saw Crusade as competitive. Bright and Woods met in 1951 and concluded that IVF and CCC could collaborate with Crusade spearheading evangelistic missions and IVF incorporating converts into local chapters.64 However, this was an unstable optimism, and, despite conciliatory efforts, Turner summarizes the evidence that, by the 1960s, Crusade and IVF65 were developing a relationship marred by rancor, suspicion, and jealousy. Expert Career Advice. By 1966, the time was right for them to launch a student ministry, so they chose Loughborough88 Technical University, a prominent engineering campus where they already knew student Charles Clayton.89 George Howard moved south with them from Manchester to enroll as a student. One may note that, during the same period, the womens ministry among nurses and therapists expanded rapidly and provided many single staff women. Collegians were a prominent target group, although in keeping with the Navigator type of ministry, on-campus organization and recognition were not sought. In November 1989, the Velvet Revolution took place in Czechoslovakia. Just two men. LeRoy then moved from Omaha, where he had relaunched the US Collegiate Ministry, to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1958 and was appointed our US field coordinator in 1960. McGilchrist and Stanley, who had guided CampusNet, had both expressed the need to simplify and the reality that printed information would soon be eclipsed by developing technologies. The Servicemens Readjustment Act 1944, popularly known as the GI Bill, gave many ex-servicemen opportunities to attend college or university. Re: Campus Crusade for Christ. There was an average of eighty thousand day-time participants. The Powrie-Smiths moved to Loughborough in November 1966, where Mike Treneer came to Christ as a new student at their housewarming party. However, as gullible as she was/probably still is, I wouldn't be . American Doug Sparks arrived as our Europe director in 1958. From time to time, he took his key men on visits to the provinces in encourage our student ministries. Northwestern Schools comprised a Bible school, a theological seminary, and a college. This was known as the Trail West Agreement signed on December 15, 1971 by CCC: Bill Bright, Swede Anderson; Young Life: Bill Starr; IVCF: Bill Alexander; The Navigators: Sanny, Eims, Gray, Henrichsen. They are suspicious of absolutes and many do not believe in a standard of morality. Our collegiate works were led by Gene Soderberg in Canada, Walt Henrichsen in Michigan, and Dave Johnson in Indiana36 where LeRoy Eims was invited by a fraternity to carry out a week of ministry. They dont have to chop wood, walk anywhere or do much of anything that requires muscles. Later that year (DG 1968-11), Sanny borrowed the concept of three stages and applied them to the individual Nav Rep in his locality. The Approach to The Core, Collegiate Nav Staff as % of All Field Staff, by country: 1996 He took heart, however, from the Lords reminder to Philip in Acts 8: Go south to the roadthe desert roadthat goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which must have seemed strange because Philips ministry in Samaria was very productive. But it is a joy, as you know. a wide-open evangelistic field . The organization was originally headquartered in San Bernadino, California, but has since relocated its headquarters to Orlando, Florida. It was an ingenious and strategic step. Even though the whole army was there to engage the Philistines in battle, it was Jonathan and his armor bearer who were key to the situation. The Lord of gladness delights in the laughter of a merry heart.44. Letter: Yeakley to campus staff, September 25, 1998. This group of key men included Bob Glockner, Jake Combs, Tom Carroll, Bob Seifert, Doug Sparks, Bill Fletcher and the twins Dean and Gene Denler, at the Bible school. A large supporting cast was drawn from the Glen gang. . . Navigator Ministries. Morally, they are quieter, less likely to drink to excess, wiser about sex. By the time we had gathered enough information, my ministry had grown substantially as had Blakes city leadership responsibilities. As they were discipled, the foundation of the Korean Nav ministry was laid down in a pattern of man-to-man and woman-to-woman. 1995: 159 Now, much more patience and perseverance is required. My now former crazy roommate was in Navigators for a time and told me that Campus Crusade was a "Catholic group" (ours wasn't) and other random things. Campus ministries continue to be the heart of our Korean approach. In analyzing this, one needs to look at the social and cultural background that caused similar downturns for Campus Crusade and InterVarsity. Thus, The Navigators had collegiate ministries in perhaps a score of cities, but they were not so designated or catalogued. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: But the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. So far, the main problem has been the reaction of the Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES) which corresponds to the IVCF in the US. The Singapore Secretary of the FES wrote to Roy Robertson, presenting a series of five questions. The translation which Doug Cozart had initiated in 1954 was now nearing completion. Were there students with the potential to follow Christloving Him more than family, more than career, and more than material things? . Hundreds of students entered a personal relationship with Jesus. Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU)-Eastwoods. They operate a conference center, host . However, this phase usually passed as the ministry expanded. Dutch missionaries are being sent out again to France and Peru, inspired by among others the faithful ministry of female Nav laborers in Russia and Romania. Every day, several students prayed to receive Christ and were invited to Pauls home to study the Bible together. Fundamentals of the Nav Ministry I was always uncomfortable with that as it always seemed strange to just walk up to people and ask them if they know Jesus. Among the statistics, one of the most encouraging trends was as regards staff under age thirty: we recovered from thirty-seven units (23 percent) in 1994 to 150 units (52 percent) in 2001. The purpose? By 1965, the US Collegiate Ministry was spreading fast. Although the counter-culture movement was derailed in 1968 with the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the Jesus movement in the US was a response. As an illustration for the decade of the 1970s, we see rising numbers of new Korean disciple-makers by year, starting in 71-72: 11, 7, 26, 16, 35, 29, 42, 54, 59, 86, 109.109. A brief quote regarding our early days in Brazil: The Navigators have resisted temptations to systematize their methods and publish them. Robb and Meg Powrie-Smith participated from the UK. It was agreed between IVF and us that we should operate as separate organizations, to maintain the unity of the Spirit, with our different sovereign purposes.72. There were good responses to the short Gospel message. There was the G.I. A similar gender-based pattern of ministry has been a feature of our work in Brazil. The Navigators is an interdenominational ministry dedicated to evangelizing the lost and training Christians so that they, too, will disciple others. One difference was that, whereas the military ministry was largely with men, the campus ministry was coeducational from the beginning. Source: US collegiate snapshot statistics, undated but based on several sources. I have younguns at Penn State, MIT, Cornell, plus guys at four or five other schools that I keep up with. At that time, Terry was our collegiate director and Bill Tell was our associate director. . During a packed weekend, Bob and Marilyns wedding took place at a local church on the Saturday and all those present attended an Easter sunrise service on the Sunday.50 Heres a small sample51 of the impact on participants: LeRoy expanded the Whing Dings. Students secured a job and lived together at a fraternity house on the University of Maryland campus. . It was outwardly loyal to InterVarsity and maintained IVCFs formal program. Their stories share many similarities to our own.135 However, Mike Jordahl, who served as our collegiate leader from 1991 to 2007, has identified some causes136 that were specific to our organization: Finally, the emphasis on reaching the lost refocused our attention on the potential of students who were already Christ-followers. A US collegiate report126 was authored by Janet Hock in September 1989. The paragraphs that follow on collegiate ministries in Korea are taken from my article on that country. It's the Science-is-the-enemy way of thinking. Campus Crusade for Christ: 410-504-4616: Sung Yoon (Sunny) Kim: Campus International Christian Fellowship : Father Kevin Ewing: Catholic Campus Minister, Newman Center: 410-828-0622: Rabbi Mendy Rivkin: Chabad House: 410-825-0779: Mary Jane Johnston: Christian Science Church: 410-925-8810: Stephen Oguagha: Disciples on Campus: Charles eventually moved to Glasgow to pioneer our first student ministry in Scotland. Cart; vintage milk bottle caps Youth Ministries William R. Bright (October 19, 1921 - July 19, 2003) was an American evangelist.In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. When we accepted responsibility in 1951 for the follow-up of the Graham Crusades, the demands on our leaders precluded continuance of the UCLA Project which thus ended with the spring semester of 1952. The prexy [president] of the Sigma Chis here at Pitt had it all lined up for me to stay in the Sig house down there so John lived with Nick Baldwin, the prexy of the IVCF on campus. Eims told our Overseas Policy Conference (OPC) in 1961: There are two homes on the East Coast which I visited where men are living. Thus ended Scottys brief but energetic investment in our embryonic US Collegiate Ministry. Therefore, we propose to have a team of national leaders whose primary responsibility is leading us in our mission. Some Nav collegiate ministries began to emerge in the US in the early 1950s. One example, from the cluster of ministries around Doug Coe in Oregon: Bud Sharpnack and Bill Bullard are responsible for the work at Willamette University where between forty and fifty have come to know the Lord this school year. Dr. We will not take leadership from other groups. Fifteen Americans arrived to join forces with sixty-five young Navigators from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. These initials were variously abbreviated. We will avoid criticism or censoriousness of any member of the Body of Christ. His hope was to revive the project in the fall of 1953, but this was not to be. Moving to spiritual factors, it is clear that Robb and Megs personal sacrifice and commitmentwith the opening of their home and their lives to studentswas very appealing. Supporting the staff who had invested in them became a natural part of the pursuit of discipleship.110. . It continues to grow and develop and, if it is able to solve the acute problems of ecclesiastical form, this pattern augurs well for the cause of Christ in Latin America among the growing middle class.115, However, our missionaries in Latin America soon realized, as the work spread to Mexico (1966), Argentina (1973), Venezuela (1975) and beyond, that what Sam Clark calls the Brazilian Method was by no means a universal solution for Latin America. In those early days, there was much intermingling between Daws and his friends among the leaders of other emerging evangelical youth organizations. . In an early example of international cooperation, Paul Yoo and two other Koreans joined in an evangelistic thrust to help Hugh Harris launch a new collegiate ministry in Kansai. One highlight was a coffee bar called The Captains Club to which around 150 teenagers came every evening: It is decorated with old fishnets and some pulleys and other things to give a ships atmosphere. and Daws and I will be gone most of the year in connection with the Billy Graham campaigns.21 Scotty was one of the six. In Cyprus he began to work among high schoolers at the American Academy. The opera launched in summer 1963, with LeRoy playing Dirty Bert and Bob as Gayelord Ravenall. It represented the establishment and the status quo and was largely not seen as a change agent. Although we did some great volunteer projects, I always got the feeling that the people who did it, did so because we were supposed to, not because we wanted to. Before that, I didn't really think much about god. He also strengthened British claims to the territory and left behind detailed records of the coastline for later navigators. For at least ten years, many students came to Christ, formed small Bible study groups and witnessed to their friends. . In 1963, Gordy and Margaret Nordstrom (Americans) began to minister among students in Manchester at UMIST.85 Future Navs reached in this ministry included Bernie Dodd86 and Martin Cooper.87 A satellite but more fruitful ministry at the YMCA reached Ron Finlay and Bernie Marks. They resigned in 1961. They are sticking with the job God has called them to domaking disciples. This very large and exciting event was sponsored by Campus Crusade and directed by Paul Eshleman. Leroy and Virginia moved to Pittsburgh in 1953, beginning work at the University after local pastors had requested help after a Crusade. However, until the mid-1990s, all our ministries in the Philippines were collegiate. Agape Italia promotes authenticity-emotionally, relationally and spiritually- among its staff members and the people they serve. The fall of 1951 had stretched The Navigators, with Grahams Hollywood campaign, while Sanny was still immersed in the follow-up from the Seattle campaign.20 In 1952, Sanny summarized Six of our men are being sent overseas . Collaborate with us to carry out the great commission. In addition to the classes, personal time will be spent each week with each enrollee. Lorne Sanny, Trotmans eventual successor, was recruited as a collegian, enrolling in Dunamis training in 1940 while attending BIOLA following graduation from junior college. Read More. The target was high school and college students.120 The Navigators had a strong presence, our team wearing identical red sports coats, and it included some forty Nav Koreans who came specially to help serve in the event. Jack Mayhall, How to Work with a Man, Navigator Tape, undated. . . I was a member of The Navigators in college. . Does The Navigators in Singapore have any long-term plans to enter the campuses of the various tertiary educational institutions? Average for first three years 15for last three years 85. If your men are going on, thats what counts.47, Of course, LeRoy and Bob had also staged several hootenannies. There was some sense that Terrys approach was too structured, and there was some hesitation about his energetic recruiting. By now, LeRoy was US areas director, based at Glen Eyrie, and Bob rejoined him as his assistant. D3 covered physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions. . The need was urgent. PAN covered most of Asia plus Australia and New Zealand and the islands of the Western Pacific. . Because the University of Omaha had no dorms, Stephens took a job teaching engineering at the Universityand Leroy later travelled to various other campuses around the Midwest, to support and encourage our contacts. Our student work in Costa Rica was led by Jorge Davila from 1972, assisted by some Argentinians. In our campus ministries, men averaged 67 percent of those involved. The sequence: ECDM 1: Kiel in April 1966 (more than four hundred attend), ECDM 2: Loughborough in January 1971 (more than seven hundred attend), ECDM 3: Essen in April 1977 (more than 2,700 attend). John Crawford assured him that this could be done by building a balcony four tiers high around the walls of the hall which would be ample seating for a thousand men. Compared with the previously proposed tent, this was said to be a plush atmosphere.52. On quite a few campuses, the demand for study groups exceeds our capacity. In some areas a Navigator representative was located off campus, using his home as a base for local Navigator training. We recognize that many more students may be helped through the various appeals and styles of the different organizations.
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