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THE PROPHETIC WORD RELEASING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS 4 Jesus Life www.jesus.org.uk
Rich Wilson is the National Team Leader for student network, Fusion. He spoke at the Multiply International Leaders Conference this year about releasing a younger generation of students. I ’M PASSIONATE about connecting students to church and church to students. Courageous steps need to be taken to create space and expectation for young adults to come and pioneer the church. Risk-taking is the only way At Fusion we took a risk with a young woman called Anna. We’ve been seeking to engage with Loughborough University and to bless it for nearly twenty years now. A few years ago we asked the university how we could bless them and they said, “Well, you can serve us. You can help us clear up some litter after a festival and do some car park attending”. Around the same time, a girl called Anna had real compassion for the female students who were getting very drunk in the student union night club. The student union night club in Loughborough holds around 3000 people and it’s a mad place to be, a challenging place to be. It’s a place where we need a whole load of Christians to stand out and do things. So Anna started hanging around the female toilets, looking after the really drunk female students because they were vulnerable. She’d hold their hair while they were being sick and make sure they got home safely. Then another group of Christians started working with her and ministering to the girls and guys. The student union noticed what was going on and they said, “You’re doing what we should be doing, but you’re better at it, so why don’t you take responsibility for the pastoral and practical needs of the students on these nights?” It’s a bit like having Street Pastors inside the nightclub. It has grown and grown, and now www.jesus.org.uk Are we able to see through people’s ordinariness? To see what God has put in them? they’ve named the club event after us! Desperation makes taking risks easier! How desperate are you to see a new generation released into effectiveness? The woman in the bible who was bleeding for twelve years took a big risk to touch the rabbi’s clothing, but in taking a risk, power is released and she is rewarded. Desperation drove her to take the risk. Anna was released in a risky venture in reaching people. It’s a great story which can be multiplied and replicated right around the UK and Europe. We estimate on “Club Mission” nights there are 40 Christians out in t-shirts doing all kinds of things, like looking after the drunk students, giving out water, handing out cups of tea, and flip flops to girls with high heels they can’t walk in when they’re drunk. We reckon we minister to around 15 per cent of the university in one night. Sometimes a time in the wilderness prepares us for taking risks. There are clear parallels between Elijah’s and Jesus’ “wilderness experiences” in 1 Kings 19 and Matthew 4. Both Elijah and Jesus travelled through the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights and were ministered to by angels. Both of them called people to follow them – Elijah called Elisha to leave his lifestyle behind and follow him, and Jesus called the disciples to follow Him, promising to make them “fishers of men.” Continued overleaf s s Jesus Life 5
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