The Urbana Experience

Main Plenary Session

"Does the word of God stop with
you or spread with you?"

"We don't come to Jesus to get stuff.
We come to Jesus to get Jesus!"
-David Platt

"If the message is not good here,
then it is not good for export"
-Calisto

From December 27-31, 16,000 students from all over the world congregated together in St. Louis, MO with one purpose and goal in mind.  To receive God's heart for missions.  During these 5 days, participants were both challenged and convicted to be living their lives for the Lord wherever and whenever they are at.  By the end of Urbana, over 4,000 committed their lives to long-term missions (+2 years).  Along with this, here are some of the other highlights:

- 96 people decided to become a first-time follower of Jesus.

- 2,740 recommitted their lives to Jesus.

- 6,434 committed to inviting a friend who does not follow Jesus to study the Bible.

- 7,058 committed to serving and learning in a global or cross-cultural setting.

- 5,744 committed to going on a short-term (less than one year) mission.

- 3,071 committed to going on a mid-term (one-to-two year) mission.

- 4,224 committed to investing their lives in long-term (more than two years) mission.

CSLT at Urbana.  Team SFU!!
From Left:
Mona, Lida, Vanessa, Esther, Anika, Andy, Christina

As most of you may already know, SFU sent a total of 7 students to Urbana involved with the Canadian Student Leadership Track (CSLT) where they embraced the Urbana experience through a Canadian lens.  As they were being challenged through intensely studying the gospel of Luke, three specific Canadian Idols (not the singers) were revealed to them:  Comfort, Tolerance, and Niceness.  It is these three idols in Canada that as long as they remain idols in our lives, the gospel cannot be advanced forward.

This is just one of the many things our students received from the CSLT track at Urbana.  

Click Here to read some testimonials of our Canadian SFU Students.

Please be praying for our students as they come into this next semester on fire for the Lord.

Old and New from SFU together at Urbana

Some of my closest friends throwing me an Engagement Party
at Urbana