KANSAS CITY, Mo—During the month of June, Spurgeon College hosted the second annual World Changers camp on its Kansas City campus. College faculty and staff led more than 130 participants in a week-long mission trip focused on serving the city and studying Scripture in community.
“I was very grateful for Spurgeon College to host a World Changers camp on our campus this summer,” said President Jason Allen. “World Changers is a great organization, and I am thankful we are able to partner with them in this way. I am praying that the Lord will use the efforts of our staff and all the campers for years to come for His glory.”
World Changers, a Christian organization founded in 1990, exists to equip students for a lifetime of missional living. By offering week-long mission trips, World Changers seeks to train young Christians in the tools they need to apply their faith to life by serving others and sharing the gospel.
Dozens of World Changers mission trips are organized each summer across the country, drawing hundreds of high school students and adult volunteers to serve their communities while growing in their faith. Spurgeon College’s partnership with World Changers gives them opportunities to host a week-long mission trip on its campus and send speakers to mission trips across the country.
During the Kansas City mission trip, participants focused on three locations for their work projects: Excelsior Manor Mobile Home Park, Liberty Village Mobile Home Park, and Gilham Park.
At the mobile home parks, Rebuild Together Kansas City provided materials for students to paint, repair, and renovate select trailers. At Gilham Park, students worked to remove Asian brush honeysuckle to improve the quality of the park for residents. Kansas City’s NPR reported on the event, describing the impact of the students’ work for the Parks and Recreation department and the broader community.
Each day at the worksites, local churches provided lunches for the participants. Participating churches included Northside Fellowship, Northland Church KC, Tower View Baptist Church, and The Grove Church. Additionally, the churches made themselves available for gospel conversations throughout the week with residents involved near worksites.
In the evenings, participants gathered back on campus for worship and fellowship. Dean of Spurgeon College Sam Bierig preached a series of sermons through the book of Ruth, focusing on the summer theme—Linked. Each sermon emphasized the driving message of the week, “You will never regret giving up your sin to follow Jesus.”
Spurgeon College faculty and staff also traveled to World Changers sites throughout the summer to preach evening messages and contribute to work projects during the day.
Reflecting on the World Changers mission trip in Kansas City, Bierig said, “It was such a joy to see students come alive to their God-given Bible by preaching each evening and then to immediately apply the word by serving the least, the last, and the lost in the Kansas City area.”
He went on to speak about the joy of partnering with World Changers, “To know that Spurgeon College was able to supply World Changers camps with preachers is such a cause for joy. We are celebrating what God is doing in these students through World Changers and Spurgeon College.”
To learn more about World Changers or to explore future mission trip opportunities, visit https://world-changers.net
For more information on Spurgeon College or to apply, visit https://spurgeoncollege.com/
