Evaluating the American church and our Western influence is vital to understanding our development. If we do not have a firm foundation in the Lord for ourselves, we cannot possibly share the gospel across cultures. First, the American church needs to prioritize the spiritual formation of believers in the church. Missionaries must be rooted in the Word of God and pray consistently. Engaging in community and corporate worship cultivates a humble and service-minded heart. As we develop and mature personally, naturally, we desire to share God’s transforming love with others.
Once we have an established foundation of faith, missionaries must have cultural intelligence and intercultural communication skills. Today’s global interconnectedness creates a unique tension. Missionaries must learn to look past their traditions and biases related to the gospel and contextualize and reach others. Eliminating ethnocentric mindsets, preparing for culture shock, and learning about the values and traditions of other cultures prepare missionaries to contextualize the gospel and love others the way Christ has loved them.
When we mature spiritually and cultivate intercultural communication skills and understanding, the church can better serve those around us. Intentionally partnering with long-term missionaries and local Christian leaders will ensure that evangelism does not fall on rocky soil and that discipleship will occur. Equipping local leaders allows the good news to faithfully and radically transform cultures worldwide. We are not missionaries sent out to fix other cultures but to share Christ’s good news.
Social media can be a difficult topic in Christian circles because of the effects it can have on mental health and its addictive properties. Through the discussion of the Instagram algorithm, the strategy behind social media, and by creating an actual content strategy plan, this project creates context and background understanding which would allow people to distance themselves from their accounts. I hope to demonstrate how social media is a tool that we should use instead of allowing social media to
sports are universal and that is exactly what makes it such a powerful tool in society if used with purpose. Unfortunately, nowadays, ego, status, and even deviant overconformity have gained the spotlight over integrity, servant leadership, and character. However, through purposeful sports management and coaching, sports can still be a reliant source of influence in shaping future generations.
This proposal explores the sportive scenario from inside-out, embracing sports beyond any scoreboard, aiming to focus on what should come in first place: the game of life. Promoted by A Higher Standard of Leadership, an initiative by Dr. Marty Durden – a key staff member at Shorter University – relies on fundamental elements that have proven to be influential and life changing. From a captain player to a coach on the sidelines, to an athletic director, if one first becomes a servant in order to lead, they will score more points in the game of life than any common leader out there.
In other words, the privilege of a Christian perspective hosts a transformative role in leading and managing sports. This proposal is capable of approaching sports as a ministry, where lives are purposely influenced through ethical, and character-based leadership and management, instead of just as a career. More importantly than that, in the game of life, both sports management and faith can coexist and transform the athletic realm.
God through his omniscience and omnipotence created every molecule, every cell, and every mechanism. God is seen in every scientific innovation and advancement as they are reflections of His divine design for His creations. God isn’t like light but is light, which is reflected in the therapeutic effects of the electromagnetic spectrum, specifically infrared light. Everyone in or pursuing professions in healthcare and research are first servants of Jesus Christ and should reflect this when treating patients. With this in mind, light therapy enables us to treat patients as minimally invasive as possible to otherwise individuals who would be too weak for a major procedure. God has designed a world for us to utilize His brilliance in treating patients while planting seeds of faith through our walk in faith as healthcare professionals.
planning on attending medical school in hopes of becoming a Pediatric Oncologist. She is also president of ACS (American Chemical Society) also in Tri Beta (biological honor society). When not studying or playing lacrosse, you can probably find her on a beach or somewhere in the sun near a body of water. Her backup dream, if not medical school, is with her passion for cooking and baking, to open her own cafe/restaurant.
Abstract This study examines the effectiveness of different disinfectant sprays in reducing microbial contamination across different areas within a college athletic environment. Samples will be collected from four different locations: the weight room, the football locker room, the women’s volleyball/basketball locker room, the athletic training center, and the gym. The plates will be swabbed using standardized environmental sampling techniques and exposed to three different disinfectant sprays, alongside a control group. Each plate will be divided into four quadrants, with each quadrant representing one of the following: a control sample and three disinfectant sprays. Plates will be monitored regularly, and photos will be taken to track microbial growth. All of the disinfectant sprays and other procedures will all follow the manufacturer instructions, like recommended application times, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for swabbing and sample collection. This study ultimate goal is to compare the effectiveness of various disinfectants in maintaining cleanliness in high-traffic, athletic environments, providing insights into best practices for surface sanitation in these spaces in order to keep athletes healthy.