Tom Lin

“Tom, thank you for leading us pastors.  It was a treat to study the Bible every morning.” “I have never studied the Bible like this before.  How can I bring this back to my church?”  It was a joy for me to spend the Urbana Missions Convention teaching inductive Bible Study in John 1-4 with 200 pastors in the Pastors & Church Leaders Track.  During the last morning, I challenged the group to respond to God’s call to a new cross-cultural mission (long-term commitment) by standing… over 70 pastors stood!  Other highlights from Urbana include: Continue Reading »

Testimony: Sherami Hinders from Urbana 09 on Vimeo.

Two months ago, Nathan White began planting an IV chapter at East Carolina U.  Last week, 19 students attended a Core Retreat — an incredible event captured on video (click here).  These are the kinds of stories we’re also seeing in the Central Region, with 6 new “chapter plants” that have just begun in the last 2 months!  Pray for our planters and plants at Creighton U, U of Missouri-St. Louis, U of Iowa, Forest Park Community College (St. Louis), Harris Stowe State U (St. Louis), and Maplewood Community College (Kansas City).

A live interview and Aug. 27th radio segment promoting IVCF and URBANA 2009 that I did on Bott Radio Network-St. Louis. Click on this MP3 link to enjoy the audio (and begin at the 1:45-minute mark to skip introductory commercials).

Less than 18 months ago, I moved to InterVarsity’s Central Region because of the compelling story – historically one of IV’s strongest regions in the country and with over 1 million students in the 4-state region, Continue Reading »

Thanks again for praying for our team of IV students and staff from Iowa sent to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Here’s video highlights from the 6-week project. Enjoy!