Info below from GO Week 2017 - Info for 2018 coming soon!
October 1st - 4th, 2018
The theme of this year’s Global Opportunities Week is Sound the Battle Cry, taken from 2 Timothy 2:1-4. These words evoke the image of battle readiness. They speak of the reality of Christianity being a war-time lifestyle in which we centralize all of our activities and aspirations around the goal of gaining the victory by proclaiming the gospel of Christ to the lost.
As a Marine dad, I’ve learned some things about battle readiness by following the career of my son Mark, who after six years of enlistment is seeking to become an officer. This past August, we went to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia to watch our son graduate from Officer Candidate School. It was a proud family moment. The commander of OCS, Colonel Ahmed T. Williamson gave a rousing speech about how Marine Corps officers are trained. He talked about discipline, honor, focus and achievement. He talked about the change that came to graduates. He called OCS a “sacred gateway.” As a proud dad and a loyal American, I was moved.
Maybe this is a stretch, but that’s how I view the Center for Global Opportunities. Okay, BJU is pretty strict, but we’re not the Marine Corps. We are, however, a place that seeks to alter the path of each graduate’s life. The CGO exists to promote a vision for and participation in 21st century gospel expansion. We connect the dots between your God given passions and the worldwide opportunities for making disciples. We seek to be a “sacred gateway” that offers avenues for experiences which thrust you forward toward a gospel committed life.
Global Opportunities Week strives to focus on the reality that every Christian is commissioned by Jesus to go into the world to make disciples. When the battle cry sounds, everyone rallies. Are you willing to consider that your BJU education might be the perfect preparation for making disciples somewhere in the world? Will you hear the battle cry and prepare to go? That’s our goal and our prayer this week.
Mark Vowels, Director
Center for Global Opportunities
As a Marine dad, I’ve learned some things about battle readiness by following the career of my son Mark, who after six years of enlistment is seeking to become an officer. This past August, we went to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia to watch our son graduate from Officer Candidate School. It was a proud family moment. The commander of OCS, Colonel Ahmed T. Williamson gave a rousing speech about how Marine Corps officers are trained. He talked about discipline, honor, focus and achievement. He talked about the change that came to graduates. He called OCS a “sacred gateway.” As a proud dad and a loyal American, I was moved.
Maybe this is a stretch, but that’s how I view the Center for Global Opportunities. Okay, BJU is pretty strict, but we’re not the Marine Corps. We are, however, a place that seeks to alter the path of each graduate’s life. The CGO exists to promote a vision for and participation in 21st century gospel expansion. We connect the dots between your God given passions and the worldwide opportunities for making disciples. We seek to be a “sacred gateway” that offers avenues for experiences which thrust you forward toward a gospel committed life.
Global Opportunities Week strives to focus on the reality that every Christian is commissioned by Jesus to go into the world to make disciples. When the battle cry sounds, everyone rallies. Are you willing to consider that your BJU education might be the perfect preparation for making disciples somewhere in the world? Will you hear the battle cry and prepare to go? That’s our goal and our prayer this week.
Mark Vowels, Director
Center for Global Opportunities
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Monday - Thursday, October 2-5, 2017
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Bob Jones University
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What?
Come interact with many missions organizations about opportunities to reach into all the world with the Gospel. You can find unique summer opportunities, internships and even future employment on mission fields around the globe. In addition, be inspired by messages in chapel and workshops geared to build a passion for global missions.
Schedule of Events
Monday, October 2
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GOW Workshops
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