This letter provides a strong recommendation for Lauren Davis to participate in the Nexus B4T summer ministry opportunity. The writer has known Lauren for two years as a student and friend, and has seen her transformation into a serious and hard-working student who is near the top of her class while working and pursuing entrepreneurial passions. Lauren exhibits a strong work ethic and is teachable, committed to her faith, genuine, outgoing, and gifted at mentoring others. The writer recommends Lauren without reservation.

1. 28 March 2016
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing you to recommend Lauren Davis for the Nexus B4T summer ministry opportunity. I
can think of few women as capable and well-suited for a program such as yours. I have known
Lauren as a student and a friend for two years and have personally seen incredible transformation
in her life during this timeframe. She is making the best use of her college career, not only
advancing academically but maturing and taking her various responsibilities very seriously.
Unlike many of her peers, Lauren is working while in college and yet is near the top of her class
while exercising her entrepreneurial passions and skills. Lauren exhibits an indefatigable work
ethic and will go above and beyond in ministry and the job-place. She is also very teachable,
recognizes the wisdom of others and has shown again and again to be an avid observer, listener,
and learner.
Perhaps her greatest strength is her unflappable faith commitment. Lauren is as uncomfortable
with wishy-washy cultural expressions of faith as she is fervent in her personal walk with Christ.
What you will find in Lauren is a deep-seated love for God and commitment to the gospel. In her
growth she is also becoming more and more theologically astute by the day and can hold her
own in biblical conversations. Lauren is also as genuine as they come, and I have found that she
wears her heart and whole personhood on her sleeve. What you see is what you get from day one
to day 1000. She is a solid believer who lives out the gospel and who has oriented her life, goals,
passions and efforts around pushing the Kingdom of God into parts unknown.
Lauren is also a people person. The word extravert does not begin to scratch the surface of how
outgoing, caring and compassionate she is. She is not only active in being discipled herself but
also in discipling others. Couple this with the fact that she is a natural born leader and it is easy
to see just how much God has gifted her to be a mentor and disciple maker. Lauren is a
remarkable young woman and will be a credit to your program. She is not using this opportunity
to travel or scratch off a line on her bucket list, rather, using her education and background in
business for the sake of the gospel is the full content of her life. I recommend Lauren with no
reservations whatsoever. Please feel free to contact me with any additional questions.
Grace and Peace
California Baptist University
10370 Hemet Street, Suite 200
Riverside, CA 92503
www.cbuonline.edu
Joe Slunaker, M.Div.
Visiting Professor of Christian
Studies
Cell Phone: 951.880.8420
Office Phone: 951.343.2197
Office # 351
jslunaker@calbaptist.edu