Thankful to bring the gospel within arms reach of students at Georgia Tech

McEntyre Family

The friendly meat section manager at the Publix near  Georgia Tech offered my little girls each a helium filled balloon. With huge grins on their faces we started walking toward checkout. "Oh no!" my oldest cried out. Now the balloon was bouncing against the ceiling a good 25 feet up. The string dangled down, but was still a good ways out of reach of my vertical leaping ability. Of course we all tried. It was simply beyond arms reach. Even if you had Michael Jordan's leaping abilities, you would need an extension ladder.

One way our ministry at Georgia Tech can be described is as an extension of God's grace. We strives to bring the gospel within arms reach of students. Honestly, most Georgia Tech students did not grow up with the gospel at arms reach. Maybe they could google the word "gospel", but they did not know someone who truly followed Jesus Christ. Most students today acknowledge that God exists but they are far short of knowing how to have a personal relationship with God.



Becca Gartrell (Crossroads staff), Claire and Will Barnes (Crossroads alumni), Trent McEntyre (Crossroads director), Deepak Nair (Crossroads and ChristChurch intern), and Greg Ashworth (Crossroads staff) at a recent Crossroads tailgate gathering before the GT/Miami football game.



Through personal relationships with students, small group Bible studies in dorms and Greek houses, and contextualized opportunities on campus we bring the life changing good news of Jesus Christ within arms reach.



 We are so thankful for the openness of students at Georgia Tech right now. It amazes me that so many students possessing so much potential for leadership in society are so open to friendly, in-person opportunities to explore what the Bible says about God and man. I am thankful for the team of staff I am privileged  to serve with. I am thankful to people in the community who pray for us and support us financially.

I am thankful for all that the LORD has and is doing to bring the gospel within arms reach of students at Georgia Tech. We know the need. We truly want Crossroads to multiply loving, compelling extensions of God's grace to Georgia Tech students.

"Missions month" celebrates the potential to send missionaries from Tech

Crossroads is a movement that originated from the vision of man named Bill Bright at UCLA back in 1951. They believed that the college campuses possessed untapped resources for changing the world. The motto became "win the campus today, the world tomorrow."

Today Crossroads at Georgia Tech is fulfilling this motto. By God's grace we are seeing our campus won to the amazing love of God in Christ and students are being sent out all over the world to win still more to be followers of Jesus Christ.

We celebrated this recently through a series at our weekly meetings the students called "Missions Month."

Each week a student shared their heart and experiences going to an international mission field. The first week Darin shared why he is planning to go to Bosnia. "I am going to Bosnia because I know it is part of God's plan for his glory to have worshippers from every people group in the world." He is burdened by how few in Bosnia currently know Christ.

Andy (Student who organize missions moth) and Darin (who is planning on going our mission trip to Bosnia)

A special highlight of "Missions Month" was guest appearances of Georgia Tech Alumni who now serve as missionaries in strategic places in the world. Ben Jackson (IE '03) shared about his calling to take his wife and young children to Bosnia long term. He will join GT grads Josh Irby (IE '99), Jonathan and Ashley Trousdale (forgot their degrees - '01?).

Finally, we had a moving talk one night from John G.(IM '95). John has served in various capacities as a missionary and movement leader in East Asia. He challenged us and inspired us with stories of how the gospel is reaching thousands and changing the society where he serves.

The bottom line of "Missions Month" is that Georgia Tech is wonderful training ground for missionaries. Every year we have seen talented young men and women raised up to lead missions efforts both short and long term. Our focus on Bosnia is yielding lasting fruit. All this energizes what we do on campus day to day at Georgia Tech.