From September 11鈥�15, 天涯海角社区 organized and hosted the biannual World Reach Week. This year鈥檚 featured chapel speaker was Dr. John Njoroge. Dr. Njoroge and his wife, Dr. Leah Njoroge, are both graduates of 天涯海角社区. They currently focus their missions work on a thriving children鈥檚 home in Maai Mahiu, Kenya, which is home to 36 children. Within the Discover, Prepare, Commit cycle of World Reach Week, Dr. Njoroge addressed the topic of 鈥淟iving in Your Purpose鈥� in his chapel messages.
Dr. Njoroge set his chapel message series around 鈥渦nconventional鈥� missions passages, including Genesis 19, Joshua 5, and Matthew 22. Genesis 19 recounts the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the rescue of Lot and his family. Dr. Njoroge took the week to break passages down to investigate several key takeaways. The destruction of the cities and subsequent saving of Lot in Genesis drew the reader鈥檚 attention to the role of Abraham as what Dr. Njoroge called an 鈥渁gent of God鈥檚 blessing.鈥� As Abraham was used as such an agent to rescue Lot and his family, Dr. Njoroge encouraged students to both look for the 鈥淎brahams鈥� in their own lives as well as look for ways to be that agent of blessing.
The chapel speaker also took time in his messages to reinforce the power of apologetics. He pointed to the ministry of Jesus as the example for missionary work. By addressing the individual鈥檚 worldviews, Jesus took confrontations and turned them around, asking the individual to consider their own perspective. In seeking to be that blessing to others, we can best do so by being prepared and confident in our faith.听
Other events throughout the week included the popular World Feast, where 18 different cultures were represented. Students also had a chance to participate in the Cafe and Community at mission rep鈥檚 tables and a Boardwalk Chapel Social where they were given the opportunity to interact with missionaries, learning more about the heart of their work and how God can use their gifts and passions to serve wherever He takes them.
You can listen to Dr. Njoroge鈥檚 World Reach Week chapel messages here.
