My name is Michael Omondi, and as a young leader, I have quite a story demonstrating how far the Lord has brought me. At 15 years old, the Lord called me, and I gave my life to Jesus Christ as my personal savior. This was such a different start to life than that of my parents. Both of my parents dropped out of elementary school due to a lack of school fees. By the time my father was my age, he was a polygamist with 3 wives and our family was struggling so profoundly I knew only God could rescue me.In my early years, I attempted to run away … [Read more...]
A Child from a Kenyan Slum City Inspired by his Later Wife Creates Future through Education
Prayer Request – February 2019
In February, we ask students, alumni, and faculty to pray for the following needs:Academic program developments and updating Staff, instructors, and students' health Protection and focus for students as they complete this term's coursework Various recruiting events attended by staff members … [Read more...]
Best of Times, Worst of Time for Global Young Leaders
Young leaders today have more opportunities than perhaps any other preceding generation in history to be involved in God’s global movements. Globalism, technology, and unprecedented cross-cultural access have opened up new doors for young leaders who often have better understanding of these massive changes. Young leaders are at the forefront of mission innovation, global networking, social media fundraising and communication as they take advantage of new opportunities. Additionally, young leaders often have less personal investment in … [Read more...]
From Stage to Sage: Older Leaders Mentoring Younger Leaders
Too often long-term leaders connect their personal identity and worth to their role or title. Giving up that role feels more like death than freedom. As a result, younger leaders are often blocked from leadership roles they are well equipped to take on and older leaders miss out on the joy of equipping others and doing what they enjoy the most.In the book The Making of a Leader, Bobby Clinton writes that younger leaders have the energy and margin to explore multiple roles, do a variety of activities, and try out various areas of interest. … [Read more...]
BGU’s Financial Update – A Family of Mutual Support and Sacrifice
Almost every BGU student reads the book When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself (Corbett & Fikkert, 2014) during their studies and develops plans in their own life and work to avoid toxic charity. BGU operates extremely lean, has tuition costs on the low end of schools who provide so much faculty and mentor coaching as BGU, and provides discounts up to 50% to students from nations with non-developed economies. Yet even students from nations with annual average incomes of less than $1000 US … [Read more...]
