{"id":46666,"date":"2025-06-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?post_type=prayerline&#038;p=46666"},"modified":"2025-06-13T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:54:28","slug":"a-beautiful-partnership","status":"publish","type":"prayerline","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/a-beautiful-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beautiful Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-core-html\">\n<iframe title=\"A Beautiful Partnership\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=8zpa5-18d6737-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=3267a3&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=8bbb4e\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing beautiful things \u2013 the Holy Spirit is clearly at work in the lives of young people.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On one campus in Canada, Tommy, a staff worker with <a href=\"https:\/\/gbuc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GBUC<\/a> (the French-speaking IFES movement in Canada) is working with Christina from <a href=\"https:\/\/p2c.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Power to Change<\/a>. They\u2019re experiencing an exciting season of curiosity and conversions as they partner with each other, with students \u2013 and with God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-7970c462a4f724b56ceb2fe2430cd32a\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-north-america-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7970c462a4f724b56ceb2fe2430cd32a\"><strong>Partnering with God<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last couple of years, Tommy and Christina have noticed a spiritual shift. The campus group used to mainly comprise international students who were churched and familiar with GBU\/IFES in their own countries. But, today, the majority are new Christians and those seeking faith.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tommy says it\u2019s like \u201ca huge discovery group\u201d. Students just turn up and say, \u201cI&#8217;m new to faith, I&#8217;m curious\u201d. A few times, students have come and asked for Bibles. Last year, they met a student who turned to Christ through TikTok:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhen she started her spiritual search, she was open to everything except Christ. But for some reason, the Lord kept making sure the algorithm showed her Christian stuff. She started going to church in her neighborhood, and eventually, she and her mother became Christians!\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-a8d3da1ca704cf566bb75c020bd04f31\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-north-america-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a8d3da1ca704cf566bb75c020bd04f31\"><strong>Partnering with Students<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Tommy and Christina follow God\u2019s lead, they\u2019re also listening to the students. Recently, Christina had designed different options for a poster to advertise the group\u2019s activities. When the students voted for their favourite, the winner was the one that Tommy and Christina liked the least.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But God was at work again: \u201cI think we had about forty students contact us because of that poster. And three students even took a photo of it to show their mothers!\u201d. Christina adds, \u201cI love these students. I&#8217;ve never been so challenged. It\u2019s their different stories, their deep searching.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-7083b16592a537af4c123f8fc9497baa\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-north-america-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7083b16592a537af4c123f8fc9497baa\"><strong>Partnering in Campus Ministry<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The university administration here has been cautious about the activities of religious groups on campus, leading to the formation of an umbrella NGO-like group for Christians. This gave Tommy and Christina the impetus for their ministry partnership:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe have the same vision, we understand each other: we want to serve all students, whatever their denomination.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together \u2013 with the students \u2013 the group now offers a suite of activities on a different theme each week, through prayer times, Bible studies, an outreach stand, and a dessert and discussion evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One week, the outreach stand topic \u2013 \u201cTell us about a woman who inspires you\u201d \u2013 caused such a positive response from students that the story-sharing was noticed by university staff on an adjacent careers day stand.&nbsp; One of them said, \u201cI&#8217;m feeling so emotional. This is such a beautiful moment\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-57ddf5b43dd091e200dae1d38b750be5\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-north-america-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-57ddf5b43dd091e200dae1d38b750be5\"><strong>Pray<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Praise God for the \u201cbeautiful things\u201d that he\u2019s been doing on this campus in Canada \u2013 for the curiosity among students, the ministry partnerships, and the group\u2019s growing witness.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Pray that the spiritual awakening will continue and deepen: for more encounters with curious students, good engagement at the outreach stand, and new students to attend the dessert and discussion evenings.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Give thanks for the partnership between Tommy and Christina and ask that a similar spirit of collaboration can be experienced everywhere on campuses where more than one student ministry group exists.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":46669,"template":"","area":[660,462],"theme":[],"class_list":["post-46666","prayerline","type-prayerline","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","area-canada","area-north-america"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Beautiful Partnership &#183; 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