1. How deep are your roots?
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Engaging more graduate students, more effectively than ever before.
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"...as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith..." -
Colossians 2:6-7, ESV
Annual Plan 2013-2014
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2. How deep are your roots?
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Friends-Our desire is to involve an increasing number of graduate students and faculty
in missional campus communities.
In dependence on God, we intend to grow the area's ministry footprint to touch the
lives of more than 550 graduate students this year--maturing disciples, new converts,
returning believers, you name it.
The academic and professions are intense. Heck, life is intense. In the midst of the
storm, we long to see people rooted in the love and goodness of God in Christ.
Below you'll see a brief overview of our foci for 2013-2014--discipleship, evangelism,
and partnership. These are the things that we believe God is calling us to.
At the end of the ministry year we expect to look back and see how God has
used us to positively impact graduate students and faculty with the love and grace of
God.
All of the details of this plan belong to the Lord, and we're trusting him with them. It
is, after all, to his glory!
Your partner in ministry,
Help launch this plan!
Discipleship
Evangelism
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Partnership
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3. How deep are your roots?
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By God's grace we will:
By God's grace we will:
By God's grace we will:
Concentrate on developing and
Pray and work toward seeing
Develop and engage an Area
deepening the small group
more than ten graduate students
Advisory Council to guide the
ministry at select chapters in the
come to faith in Christ.
ministry of GFM in NC, SC, and
VA.
area.
Lead 180 graduate students in
Increase the number of small
intentional small group
Intentionally engage more
groups by intentionally
encounters where the purpose
people in direct graduate student
multiplying small groups at
and desired outcome is greater
ministry.
strategic points during the
comfort in bearing witness to the
academic year.
gospel of Jesus Christ.
$2,000 to fund four mini-grants of
$500 to underwrite some or all
Provide every small group
Develop two new evangelism
of the expense of fall student
leader excellent training in how
training resources for regional
retreats.
to study the Bible, shepherd a
and national use with graduate
community of students, and use
students and faculty.
students to the 2014 Believers
their spiritual gifts to advance the
kingdom of God on campus.
$500 to fund travel grant for MBA
Develop and host at least one
in Business Conference.
public event with the purpose
Lead 25% (80) of graduate
communicating the gospel.
students to explore more deeply
the relationship between
$5,000 to provide training and
on-going coaching to new staff
hired in 2013-2014.
Christian faith and work.
Clarify and deepen our
partnership with Christian
Medical & Dental Associations,
Christian Legal Society,
Leadership Edge and The Veritas
Forum.
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