Saturday, May 10, 2008
CCN is officially ASUN recognized!
Hey everyone! I hope you are having a decent weekend, and really putting in the hours of studying before finals! Just wanted to give a quick update, and let everyone know that as of yesterday, CCN has become an officially ASUN recognized organization at UNR! Praise God! So we are set for next year and we will only have to worry about getting more people to come out to the fellowships, and our outreaches. I hope that you all are doing well on finals, and digging into God's Word daily. God Bless!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Hey all! Great first meeting tonight. I hope all of you were encouraged and excited for the future of CCN on the UNR campus. In case you couldn't make it tonight, we discussed some relevant statistics and scriptures to the ministry.
-150,000 people die everyday which is 2 people ever second. Every second of the day 2 people pass from here into eternity.
-Only 2% of professing Christians share their faith on a regular basis.
- 90% of men who claim to be born-again Christians have never shared their faith, no not once.
In light of these statistics we asked the question "Where do nonbelievers go when they die?" The answer is Hell. We took a look at Revelation 20:11-15 to affirm this belief. We determined that these people need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ so that they can receive him as their Lord and Savior. We then took a look at what the scriptures affirm that the gospel is. Based on Mark 1:14-15 and Luke 13:3-5 we determined that the gospel call is both repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. We must call men to repent, as the Lord demands for salvation. "And the times of this ignorance God winked at (overlooked): but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." (Acts 17:30) That is all men everywhere, meaning everybody. Finally we looked at Ezekiel 33:11, 1Timothy 2:4, and 2Peter 3:9 to see God's desire for the lost. We determined from here that it is God's desire for all to come to repentance and saving faith in Jesus Christ. That he takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked.
Then we briefly went over the style of CCN's weekly fellowships so that we could get a feel for how interactive they are. We discussed briefly ideas for some outreaches and made the point that through all of this we desire UNITY for the body of Christ and that we work together we other campus ministries and not in competition.
Again I was really encouraged by tonight's fellowship, and I hope everybody else was too. We will not be able to meet again until next semester, but we are going to stay in contact and keep everybody updated through this blog. If you missed the meeting and have any other questions, let me know, and be sure to let your friends who would be interested to know as well. God Bless!
-150,000 people die everyday which is 2 people ever second. Every second of the day 2 people pass from here into eternity.
-Only 2% of professing Christians share their faith on a regular basis.
- 90% of men who claim to be born-again Christians have never shared their faith, no not once.
In light of these statistics we asked the question "Where do nonbelievers go when they die?" The answer is Hell. We took a look at Revelation 20:11-15 to affirm this belief. We determined that these people need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ so that they can receive him as their Lord and Savior. We then took a look at what the scriptures affirm that the gospel is. Based on Mark 1:14-15 and Luke 13:3-5 we determined that the gospel call is both repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. We must call men to repent, as the Lord demands for salvation. "And the times of this ignorance God winked at (overlooked): but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." (Acts 17:30) That is all men everywhere, meaning everybody. Finally we looked at Ezekiel 33:11, 1Timothy 2:4, and 2Peter 3:9 to see God's desire for the lost. We determined from here that it is God's desire for all to come to repentance and saving faith in Jesus Christ. That he takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked.
Then we briefly went over the style of CCN's weekly fellowships so that we could get a feel for how interactive they are. We discussed briefly ideas for some outreaches and made the point that through all of this we desire UNITY for the body of Christ and that we work together we other campus ministries and not in competition.
Again I was really encouraged by tonight's fellowship, and I hope everybody else was too. We will not be able to meet again until next semester, but we are going to stay in contact and keep everybody updated through this blog. If you missed the meeting and have any other questions, let me know, and be sure to let your friends who would be interested to know as well. God Bless!
Monday, May 5, 2008
CCN's first official meeting
Hey everybody! I hope that you all are doing good, and that everything is going well in preparation for finals week. This update is just to let everybody know that we are still pending official status, but have been authorized to hold a meeting in the meantime. The meeting information is as follows:
When: This Wednesday May 7th at 7:00 PM
Where: Joe Crowley Student Union (JCSU) Room # 323
Why: Learn what CCN is about, our goals for UNR and Reno, and meet the other members
Please contact me at: thetfor3@unr.nevada.edu
if you need additional information, or cannot make it. Please also invite anybody that you think would be interested in evangelism on and around campus. Also, I will be providing a book that discusses the evangelism that we will be teaching and the biblical basis for it. I desire that anybody who is interested get one of these books from me at the meeting, and prayerfully read it over the summer break. I hope and pray that you all can make it to the meeting, and again let me know if you have any questions. God Bless!
When: This Wednesday May 7th at 7:00 PM
Where: Joe Crowley Student Union (JCSU) Room # 323
Why: Learn what CCN is about, our goals for UNR and Reno, and meet the other members
Please contact me at: thetfor3@unr.nevada.edu
if you need additional information, or cannot make it. Please also invite anybody that you think would be interested in evangelism on and around campus. Also, I will be providing a book that discusses the evangelism that we will be teaching and the biblical basis for it. I desire that anybody who is interested get one of these books from me at the meeting, and prayerfully read it over the summer break. I hope and pray that you all can make it to the meeting, and again let me know if you have any questions. God Bless!
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