texas bsm stuff

most of you know that i work at the baptist student ministry at the university of north texas, and i thought i'd fill you in on some of the exciting things that have been going in across the state and the world with our texas BSMs.

Go Now Missions is the missions organization that is a part of Texas BSM, and through this organization students like you are changing the world for Christ. Here are the Go Now stats for 2006-2007:



* Students served in 24 countries and 20 states
* 52 semester missionaries (serving in 10 U.S. states and 19 in foreign countries)
* 91 summer missionaries - serving 10 weeks (35 in the U.S. and 38 in foreign countries)
* 76 impact missionaries - serving 2 to 4 weeks (2 in the U.S. and 17 in foreign countries)



Financial Giving - $550,414.98 raise to send these missionaries
* $158,841 given by Texas campus BSMs
* $297,365.91 given by Partners in Missions
* $72,393.24 given sacrificially by the students who served
* $21,815.11 other gifts and offerings



269 professions of faith

118 other decisions

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The Focus Conference on September 7-9, 2007 was amazing. Here is a quick recap of the weekend:

* Approximately 2000 in attendance

* 350 served at mission opportunities in Arlington

* 1500 students trained in such areas as leadership, leading small groups, community building, sharing their faith, prayer, world view, cross cultural relationship with Muslim students, etc.

* 130 students expressed interest in serving as Go Now missionaries

Student Responses to ACT NOW opportunities
* 1085 students signed the BWA Micah Challenge Petition to end human slave trafficking

* $300 given to world hunger causes

* 44 letters written to religious prisoners around the world through Voice of Martyrs

* 313 Bibles addressed and sent to China through Bibles Unbound

* 3 water wells sponsored through Water for All

* $960 given to translate 40 verses of scripture into the Walmi language through One Verse

* 519 jars of peanut butter and jelly given to Mission Arlington

Check out the Focus pictures!

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CHECK OUT our Texas BSM stats:

* 131 Baptist Student Ministers including Directors, Associates, Interns, Campus Missionaries and other volunteers
* 120 Campuses
* More than 80,000 students personally touched by BSM
* More than 16,000 students involved on a consistent basis in BSM
* 27,000 plus evangelistic contacts with students