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Ed and Whitney North
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We are excited for the opportunity to serve with Cru to reach college students with the Gospel and encourage them in their faith! We are working with students at the University of South Florida (~48,000) and the University of Tampa (~10,000). As a team, we also have a desire to launch new movements among the 250,000 other college students on campuses around Tampa Bay, some of which have no Christian ministry presence.
God instilled us with many passions. We love pouring into the lives of others, getting people connected to the Church, traveling and loving on people from all kinds of places, and enjoying the majesty of Creation. As we both felt called to ministry, it was beautifully revealed how the Lord has orchestrated to use these passions in conjunction with college ministry. In addition to leading Bible study, organizing outreaches and mentoring students, each person on our team helps with specific areas of ministry. We’ve had the privilege of working in various contexts including Lifelines (our outdoor adventure ministry), working with Athletes in Action at USF (collegiate athlete ministry), Valor (ministry amongst cadets & midshipmen) and Destino (ministry with Latinos). Our main focus currently is to lead the Cru campus movement and Bridges International (international student ministry) at UT. Ed co-leads our team in connecting with the growing number of international students. There are currently about 7,000 internationals from 157 different countries and this is expected to double! Among them we’ve seen some from unreached people groups too. This is truly a strategic way to reach the nations!
It's exciting to see lives transformed by the saving knowledge and grace of Christ! We are humbled to have the opportunity to be part of God’s work with these students and we are deeply grateful for your interest in our ministry. Your prayer and financial support are a beautiful testament of the body of Christ and a wonderful blessing to us and those we serve! We couldn't do this without people like you. Thank you!
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