Launching 20,000 Extraordinary Kingdom Leaders by 2020 has been our vision at IVCF Canada for the past few years. One of the factors we use to measure Extraordinary Kingdom Leaders (EKL)s is Influence, specifically

Influence: An Extraordinary Kingdom Leader is regularly instrumental in leading others, individually and in groups, to spiritual growth and richer Christian community. Witness and Service are hallmarks of others lives because of this person’s influence.

“It’s really exciting that you’re sharing something you received while you were in Toronto to bless your church community” – Me

“I know! I’d never done manuscript study until I came to Ryerson!” -Student

These past few weeks have had me meeting brand new students on campus, but also reconnecting with former students, while I share about my transition to OCAD and seek new prayer and financial partners. In the process I was amazed as I heard stories of manuscript bible studies starting up in churches in Etobicoke, Innisfil, and Trinidad by former students! I listened as I heard their stories of feeling called to share what they had received on campus with their church communities and asked for advice as they stepped out in faith leading these studies!

I also heard about the Sisterhood/Brotherhood of the Travelling book. The book being Henri Nouwen’s Wounded Healer  which I gave to my former student RA who’s home in Trindad for the year. After finishing the book herself, she’s taken to passing this book around in her community. She told me her mom is currently reading it, then it will get passed on to her youth pastor, then it will get passed on to the senior pastor’s son!

After doing campus ministry for so many years it’s still exciting for me to hear these stories of students going to or returning to faith communities and extending their influence in these places.