Now, That's How It's Done!

We first saw this on our good friend and AXiS board member, John Stonestreet's blog.

Sean McDowell (Josh McDowell's son) is a teacher at a high school in SoCal¹. He is also a national speaker and author. Nice rep.

We absolutely love the idea of what he did with his students several weeks ago. He brought his students on a "missions trip" to the University of California at Berkeley (thought to be one of the most "liberal" colleges in the country). The one thing you need to know is that these students are trained very well by Sean and the other teachers at Capistrano Valley Christian School. You can check out more of the videos of Sean's teaching and subscribe to his blog at www.conversantlife.com/blogs/sean+mcdowell.



One of AXiS' goals is to fix the statistic that says, "Only one-fifth of twentysomethings (20%) have maintained a level of spiritual activity consistent with their high school experiences."²

AXiS' hope is that we can keep encouraging parents, high school administrators/teachers, and college ministry leaders to continue to challenge their students to think deeply about the reality of their faith. We are so glad that there are people like Sean out there who are making it a priority to teach young Christians to love God with their minds (Matt. 22:37).

Sidenote: Check out this other great blog post by JR Briggs, former pastor of Pierced @ Woodmen Valley Chapel here in Colorado Springs. It is especially pertinent before Easter, but can be used anytime.

Keep an eye out for more posts from David, Chad, and the first post from Meghan in the days to come. Happy Wednesday!

Notes

1. That's southern California for all you non-cali folk. Back^
   
2. George Barna, "Most Twenty-Somethings Put Christianity on the Shelf Following Spiritually Active Teen Years." You can find the article online here. Back^

By: Jeremiah