THE PULSE
Compiled by Adam Miller
Ideas, insights, inspiration for you and your church
MY TURN: Sharing Christ in Crisis
By Timothy Moroz
When I first gave my life to Christ, one of the first things I found myself doing was jumping in and getting involved in ministry. That was a huge catalyst for growth for me, and it makes perfect sense. Christ gives us himself as an example of service. Part of being as much like Him as possible is serving others and humbling ourselves to the point where we can talk about how cool it was to spend an entire weekend shoveling sewage out of people’s basements.
That’s exactly what I did with Liberty University students this past summer when hurricane Irene caused flooding in upstate New York.
Professor David Wheeler invited students from his evangelism classes to work with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers who were clearing mildew and mud from flooded homes.
There were so many things we learned. I learned how important it is for young Christians, especially those new to a college campus, to have an experience of service and evangelism. It jump-starts their faith. One student even started his relationship with Christ on the trip. It also gave me an opportunity as a grad student to encourage younger believers. Just the ability to have some kind of influence in the lives of the freshmen was pretty sweet. I know when I was a freshman my life was changed by being able to serve and to be mentored by older believers.
One of the crucial things we learned was how earning the right to tell someone about Jesus often requires getting messy with them, listening to them as they talk about what they lost and working to help restore their lives with simple things like a shovel, some Clorox and long days of hard work.
It really was one of the best times of my life, and I think our work laid a good foundation for future ministry.
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Timothy Moroz is a student at Liberty Theological Seminary.
44 Spring 2012 •
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