Off To Mexico City

Today I am heading out to Mexico City, Mexico to put some heads together to figure out, pray, seek the Lord's direction on how to reach the millions of college students there. It's a worthy discussion because if we continue in ministry with the same efforts and strategies it will take us hundreds of years to reach each and every student. I really do believe there is a new wine skin, a new method of doing church/ministry, a new wave of spiritual blessing that we have not encountered before.

This same anticipation is what I am sensing for our same university in Boulder. We have talked as a staff team and student leaders that if we continue with the same efforts in weekly meetings, bible studies, community groups, and outreaches we would never reach the campus or see something supernatural happen. We must bust out and try something new, trust God in new ways, go out believing by faith that God will do something special.

Some may ask, what if it doesn't work? What if God doesn't respond with a supernatural blessing that impacts each and every student in a way that can only be attributed to God? What if we go out and try to reach the lost and nothing really changes? My answer would be to ask the simple question. What happens if we don't try? What happens if we just continue doing ministry/church the same way?

I believe we'll burn out, get tired, do the same thing year after year with little or no growth. I believe that we'll see good things happen and students will grow but we won't see a supernatural pouring out of God's blessing.

That's why we're having discussions like this. That's why I'm going to Mexico City this week. This is why Christine's and my heart are alive with passion and expectancy. That is why we want to go for it.

We believe that God has so much in store for believers, our campuses, our cities if we just get out and try new things. If we make our prayers, strategies and efforts about reaching the lost and not building a good Christian program.

Join with us in praying that God will reveal to us what we should do and how we should do it. This has become our desire and norm. Pray for God's direction and then do it.

From November 14 -18 our ministry at CU is trying a mission week with the desire that this type of week will become our normal week. I'll tell you more about later as I got to get in the shower and on an airplane.