Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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Denver Christmas Conference

The Denver Christmas Conference is a five-day conference for college students from all over the Mid-West.  Over five days, 1,200 students heard teaching from the Word.  They attended seminars on things like how to share their faith, how to disciple others, or how to discern God’s will for their lives.  Students were challenged to give their summers to the Lord by serving Him on short-term missions projects.  1,200 future leaders were challenged to live radically for the Kingdom of God by living in light of eternity.  Students shared their faith, studied the Bible, worshiped the Lord in song and even by giving away their money.  In fact, these students themselves pledged to give over $35,000 in the coming four months to missions around the world.

Our students from the St. Louis Metro East had life-changing experiences.  Some students shared their faith for the first time.  Others felt convicted by the Lord to share the Gospel with friends to whom they’ve never told the Good News.  Our students gained a heart for the poor, a vision for the world, and an increased burden to reach their campuses for Christ.

Students pray during a main session of the conference.

Larry Martin, a representative from International Justice Mission, speaks to students about God’s heart for justice for the weak, oppressed and helpless.

Some staff pray for a team of recently-graduated students who left from the conference to spend a year in South Africa doing campus ministry and working in AIDS orphanages.

Another speaker exhorted students to be life-long laborers for Christ who multiply their lives by making disciples.

Students worshiping in song at the conference.  The sound of over 1,200 voices is amazing!

On “The Day of Faith”, the entire conference spread out over the Denver metro area to provide help and food for the needy, and to share the Gospel with those they came into contact with.

In partnership with some Denver area churches, students traveled to lower-income neighborhoods and helped people around their houses, prayed for people in their homes, gave food--one group of students even raised $1,000 on their own to buy a washer and dryer for a single mom with five children.

JB on stage interviewing a student who shares a story with the whole conference about what she saw the Lord do on the Day of Faith.

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