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C.J. and Anika Neal
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20 years ago we gave up our vocations and followed God's call to serve as full-time urban missionaries to inner-city high school students in Indianapolis. We now give leadership to teams serving 14 schools in the greater Indianapolis area.
Since we've begun, thousands of students have heard the Gospel, and hundreds have personally received Gods message of hope and decided to begin a relationship with Him through their confession of faith in Christ.
All of this is made possible by people like you who care enough to send us into the urban student world!
By God's grace, together with your help, more urban teenagers are...
> graduating from high school and going on to college at increasing rates
> learning to better deal with their anger and peer pressure; and how to respect themselves, their peers and their parents
>getting at least one healthy & hot family-style meal per week
>hearing and responding to the Gospel!
Previously, as the Urban Campuses Directors, and now Team Leaders for all of Cru Indy, we've seen a lot. We've seen the many challenges the today's youth face at home, in their neighborhoods and at school. The overwhelming problem that students face is hopelessness.
In the midst of all of their issues, we have seen how God takes the simplicity of the Gospel and changes lives.
But that is only the beginning.
We share with students that a relationship with Jesus is not an isolated thing-- something you put on and take off. Rather, it is the one thing that has influence and input into every facet of life! Having a relationship with Christ should have a positive impact on your relationships, how you study, how you practice and play. The Gospel changes everything!
Though we spend plenty of time with students on the campus, much of our ministry happens when students come to our home. We're amazed at how God has used our family to give them hope. To see a father in action and interacting with his own wife and children gives many students a first glimpse of what the love of a father is like. It helps them build a bridge and be able to see God as Father. We are also very intentional about involving other caring adults and families so students know that it's not just the Neal's that are like this, but this is what the larger family of God is like.
As our roles expand from local ministry to include national teams and speaking, we thank God all the more for you, for your prayers and support!
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