With David Howard鈥檚 passing yesterday, 果冻视频 remembers his lasting impact mobilizing students and campus for God鈥檚 global mission.
As director or assistant director of multiple Urbana conferences (51, 70, 73 and 76) and as president of both Latin American Mission and the World Evangelical Fellowship, David鈥檚 humble and servant-hearted leadership in missions spanned nearly six decades.
It was 1983, at the height of the Cold War. Bob was an 果冻视频 Area Director in New Jersey with four years of campus ministry experience preceded by four years as a local church pastor. A friend working in Eastern Europe had invited Bob to teach church history to Romanian pastors for three weeks during the summer.
When Joel and Rachel Watters first visited the campus of La Universidad Nacional P茅rez Zeled贸n in southern Costa Rica a year ago, they sensed that God was already at work.
The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students has announced new leadership for the global movement that includes 果冻视频.
果冻视频 says good-bye to two key staff, Marilyn Stewart and Bill McConell, whose lengthy service to campus ministry includes work among university students in the US and, through the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, in Latin America.
鈥淭he number of international students keeps growing like crazy,鈥 says Daniel Bourdann茅, IFES General Secretary. 鈥淲hat an amazing ministry opportunity.鈥
World Student Day celebrates God鈥檚 work on college campuses around the world through the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES).
Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018, is a graduate of 果冻视频鈥檚 sister movement in Burundi, where he did part of his medical studies.
Gwen Wong was 果冻视频鈥檚 second Asian American staff member and was known throughout her adult life for her love of teaching inductive Bible study. She was also known at one time for her fastball.