Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
One of the real blessings in my role as City Director is to hear the reports from our local team about what God is doing and it gives me a chance to see the big picture of the direction God is taking us. Here is a sample from Ron Bunyard’s report from August. I gave …
One of the things ISI City directors get to do is visit the local seminaries to share with students about international ministry and ISI. It is actually a lot of fun. I usually get to visit both Dallas Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I was able to make these visits this week. The …
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The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of preparing for school, both with international students but also with OUR new students (J-12, & C5 are going to new schools & T-8 is going to 3rd grade). It has been incredibly fun to meet new students at the various different campuses. This year I …
(see video below) The Tejas 2008 Spring Break retreat was wonderful. In many ways it was our best yet. With attendance around 120, the students were treated to great hospitality, lots of fun activities, thought-provoking drama presentations, an engaging speaker who clearly presented the gospel, and small groups to process the message and build a …
Kids were a part of the Tejas ‘08 retreat. T-7 is the 2nd from the left. His ability to make friends easily is a gift from God.
Report by ISI Staff Ron Bunyard & Jeff Newpher February 10-11 was a great weekend with the students. Our DFW ministry teamed with our new ministry in Houston to offer a weekend for students focused on relationship building with new students and gave us a chance to share the gospel with them while we team …
One of the special things about being the Dallas/Fort Worth City Director is that I get to know some really wonderful people. I think we’ve got a wonderful staff team and I would like to share a little bit about them over the next few months so you can see why I enjoy working with …
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Future pastors and missionaries… future gatekeepers for international ministry… that is the target as every semester Roy shares with Dallas Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological seminary students about international students and gives them the opportunity to volunteer to help out with the ministry. This semester 50-60 American seminary students signed up to be friday night helpers, friendship …
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Aug 2007 – We have heard unconfirmed reports that a large number of Nepalese students are streaming into the DFW area. What is God doing with this special people?… We have heard directly from administration that over 500 nepalese are at Northlake College but Ron recently spoke to a Nepalese Christian student and he found …
(pictures) Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAG’s), Mission Statements, Time Management, Catalysts, etc. These are not illnesses you can get… At the beginning of August, Roy and the rest of the ISI DFW Team met for a Vision Retreat at the home of Jim Beckett. Every year, our team meets together for a time of sequestered …
