Oct 26, 2018
An Open Letter To SDB Young Adults
Dear Young Missionaries,
Hello! How are you all doing? I pray the past few months since Conference have been treating all of you well! I know that many of you were quite ready to get stuff done in the wake of Conference and I hope we’ve all had the opportunity to do just that!
Now, I want to specifically talk to the Young Adults ages 18-25. I have a proposition for you all! I want you to keep in mind the theme from last year, Less Talk, More Action. I thought it was a very needed theme for SDBs but I think we should take the idea behind it beyond a theme. It is with the idea of doing, or in this case going, that I bring my proposition to you.
There is a Missions Conference that happens every couple of years called the “Cross Conference.” My church, the Milton SDB church, is heading up a trip to this conference which will be happening in Louisville, Kentucky, from January 2 to 5, 2019. At this conference there will be speakers such as Trip Lee, David Platt, and John Piper. There will be breakout sessions led by people such as Kevin DeYoung! If that doesn’t convince you, there will also be a KB concert included in this! But as far as the teaching goes, there are very few conferences and events that will better equip you for the work of missions than the teachings of these people.
Now we move to a less exciting topic. The cost for this, if you go through our group, is looking to be around $300. But if that sounds like a ton of money, especially for us college students, there is hope! We will be fundraising for this—something you can get started on yourself and something you can contact us about. Also, we have been told that the denomination is willing to help pay for some of this to lessen the load. And I’m certain that in your individual churches there are kind souls willing to help fund you to go to something that will equip you to bring the Gospel wherever you go!
If you meant it when you said you wanted less talk and more action, if you feel a call upon your life for missions of any kind, and if you are between the ages of 18-25 (or a youth leader of some kind), I ask that you pray and ask God if this is what He wants you to do. If the answer is yes, trust God and act in faith!
If you are interested, then please contact me at (608) 436-8792 or email me at micahcran333@gmail.com and I can direct you from there. God is going to do great things through SDBs—but you have to be willing to go! Think about that.
Best Wishes,
Micah Crandall