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The Great Commission is a directive that Ohio Christian University and World Gospel Mission take seriously. Through OCU’s Student Center in 2018, World Gospel Mission Student Involvement Director Natasha Grimmett will be leading three separate teams of OCU students around the world to join in the long-term work that God is doing.
The first trip is schedule for March 2-9 to Choluteca, Honduras. A team of nine students will be serving alongside long-term missionaries there to complete a variety work projects and support the children’s ministry.
The second team will be serving in Cuzco, Peru from May 8 through 22. This team of 11 will be working alongside long-term missionaries to help with youth camps and in orphanages.
The third team will be going to Cambodia this spring to serve with long-term missionaries in the fields of human trafficking, church ministry, and children’s ministry. They will be in Cambodia from May 29 through June 12.
Our students are dedicated and passionate—fervently working to raise the funding for their trips. They are attending weekly team meetings where focus is on team bonding, fund-raising training, and learning about the country where they will be ministering in order to behave in country as culturally-sensitive and appropriate as possible.
The goal of these mission trips is to emphasize serving humbly and genuinely without posting the trips on social media for self-recognition. Our students recognize that we are not “taking God” to these countries, but instead are joining in the work that He is already doing in Honduras, Peru, and Cambodia.
Serving in these mission fields is incredibly rewarding and helpful to the long-term missionaries who often need just a little more manpower to complete key goals for their ministries. We are humbled and honored to be called to these trips and have high expectations for how God will move through our teams and within our teams this coming spring!
Read about how God has prepared one student for serving in Cambodia.
For more information on how to donate to a student mission trip, please contact ngrimmett@ohiohristian.edu
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Remembering Sarah Dorsey
Published: May 10, 2019
The wife of Rev. Morton Dorsey, Ohio Christian University’s 5th president,
Sarah Dorsey, passed away at Fox Run Manor in Findlay, Ohio on Monday, May
6th, 2019. Rev. Dorsey served as the president from 1959-1964. During
Dorsey's years at Ohio Christian University, the Ohio Board of Education
awarded the University its first State Charter.
Sarah became very involved with the University while her husband was
president. She taught music and was the choir director during their time
here. We are grateful for everything Sarah and Rev. Morton Dorsey did for
Ohio Christian University. Our
The wife of Rev. Morton Dorsey, Ohio Christian University’s 5th president,
Sarah Dorsey, passed away at Fox Run Manor in Findlay, Ohio on Monday, May
6th, 2019. Rev. Dorsey served as the president from 1959-1964. During
Dorsey's years at Ohio Christian University, the Ohio Board of Education
awarded the University its first State Charter.
Sarah became very involved with the University while
The wife of Rev. Morton Dorsey, Ohio Christian University’s 5th president,
Sarah Dorsey, passed away at Fox Run Manor in Findlay, Ohio on Monday, May
6th, 2019. Rev. Dorsey served as the president
Community Action Day - It was a GREAT Day!
Published: April 18, 2019
April 11th proved to not just be a nice day to be outside, but a great day to
serve the community of Circleville and surrounding areas. In its 20thyear,
Community Action Day brought out over 400 students to serve residents and
businesses who were in need. A tradition at Ohio Christian University,
classes were canceled, and students were able to go into the public and
implement the service attitude taught at OCU.
With help from Volunteer Economy and RPHF Solid Waste District, students were
equipped to effectively serve and feel prepared to do so. Students served in
various capacities
April 11th proved to not just be a nice day to be outside, but a great day to
serve the community of Circleville and surrounding areas. In its 20thyear,
Community Action Day brought out over 400 students to serve residents and
businesses who were in need. A tradition at Ohio Christian University,
classes were canceled, and students were able to go into the public and
implement the service
April 11th proved to not just be a nice day to be outside, but a great day to
serve the community of Circleville and surrounding areas. In its 20thyear,
Community Action Day brought out over 400
Easter - the Extraordinary Found in the Ordinary
Published: April 18, 2019
By Rev. David Brown, Associate Professor, Religion
By Rev. David Brown, Associate Professor, Religion
By Rev. David Brown, Associate Professor, Religion
Second Annual Youth Leadership Conference
Published: April 5, 2019
Over fifty youth leaders from more than thirty churches and organizations
converged on the Ohio Christian University campus for the second annual Youth
Leadership Conference. Anticipation for the conference was met with engaging
and relevant information applicable to those in attendance. The subject
of the day was the importance of actively engaging youth with the reality of
Biblical Truth in these formative years. Dr. Walt Mueller, expert in youth
culture and President of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding, began the
conference with a dive into youth culture and practical ways
Over fifty youth leaders from more than thirty churches and organizations
converged on the Ohio Christian University campus for the second annual Youth
Leadership Conference. Anticipation for the conference was met with engaging
and relevant information applicable to those in attendance. The subject
of the day was the importance of actively engaging youth with the reality of
Biblical Truth
Over fifty youth leaders from more than thirty churches and organizations
converged on the Ohio Christian University campus for the second annual Youth
Leadership Conference. Anticipation for the
Ohio Christian to host UNALTERED Tour
Published: January 31, 2019
Ohio Christian University will be hosting The Silver Ring Thing's UNALTERED
Tour, an event for teens and their parents, in the Ministry and Performing
Arts Center on Saturday, April 13th. The mission of the tour is to lead
students into the fullness of life and their goal is to empower a generation
to know the truth and experience freedom and flourishing through the Gospel
of Jesus Christ.
Acknowledging the reality that today’s students are anxious, broken, and
confused, and that they are shaping their identities in likes, comments,
affirmation, gender, sexuality and more, UNALTERED
Ohio Christian University will be hosting The Silver Ring Thing's UNALTERED
Tour, an event for teens and their parents, in the Ministry and Performing
Arts Center on Saturday, April 13th. The mission of the tour is to lead
students into the fullness of life and their goal is to empower a generation
to know the truth and experience freedom and flourishing through the Gospel
of Jesus Christ.
Ohio Christian University will be hosting The Silver Ring Thing's UNALTERED
Tour, an event for teens and their parents, in the Ministry and Performing
Arts Center on Saturday, April 13th. The
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Advent: A Season of Expecting Unexpectedness
Published: December 22, 2017
by Amber Ginter, Senior, English Major
“While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have the
baby. She gave birth to her first son. She wrapped him up well and laid him
in a box where cattle are fed. She put him there because the guest room was
full.” (Luke 2:5-7, ERV).
In Luke chapter two, the prophecy of the Messiah described in Micah 5:2-5 is
fulfilled. Here, though Luke is primarily concerned with the oppressed and
how Jesus is going to help them, Bethlehem becomes a pivotal location for an
unexpected baby lying in a less than expected stable.
Anticipating
by Amber Ginter, Senior, English Major
“While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have the
baby. She gave birth to her first son. She wrapped him up well and laid him
in a box where cattle are fed. She put him there because the guest room was
full.” (Luke 2:5-7, ERV).
In Luke chapter two, the prophecy of the Messiah described in Micah 5:2-5 is
fulfilled. Here,
by Amber Ginter, Senior, English Major
“While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have the
baby. She gave birth to her first son. She wrapped him up well and laid him
in a
A Christ-Centered Education
Published: December 15, 2017
Ohio Christian University has adopted a list of what it declares are its
“Core Values”. These values are meant to succinctly describe who we
are–at a glance–and can be found above our guest parking signs on campus,
on the banners hanging from light poles, even on the walls over some of our
drinking fountains. The list is not long and includes such values as
Bible-based, Ministry Motivated, Student Oriented, and so on. And, while
all these values are important, none is more important than
Christ-Centered.
But what does it mean to offer a Christ-centered education?
In the 17th
Ohio Christian University has adopted a list of what it declares are its
“Core Values”. These values are meant to succinctly describe who we
are–at a glance–and can be found above our guest parking signs on campus,
on the banners hanging from light poles, even on the walls over some of our
drinking fountains. The list is not long and includes such values as
Bible-based, Ministry Motivated
Ohio Christian University has adopted a list of what it declares are its
“Core Values”. These values are meant to succinctly describe who we
are–at a glance–and can be found above our guest
Former OCU President's Tribute to OCU Grad Dr. Stan Toler
Published: December 13, 2017
By Doug Carter, OCU President 1980-1989
Forty-seven years ago (1970) at the Taylor County Camp Meeting in Central
Georgia on a hot July day, my wife and I were the missionary speakers
representing our ministry to Native Americans in Arizona with World Gospel
Mission. There was a quartet singing in the service–a group of young
preacher boys representing Circleville Bible College (now Ohio Christian
University). One of the lads was very small in size with a gracious smile and
a perfect haircut. When the offering was received, he pledged to give $5.00
monthly to our support in spite of
By Doug Carter, OCU President 1980-1989
Forty-seven years ago (1970) at the Taylor County Camp Meeting in Central
Georgia on a hot July day, my wife and I were the missionary speakers
representing our ministry to Native Americans in Arizona with World Gospel
Mission. There was a quartet singing in the service–a group of young
preacher boys representing Circleville Bible College (now Ohio
By Doug Carter, OCU President 1980-1989
Forty-seven years ago (1970) at the Taylor County Camp Meeting in Central
Georgia on a hot July day, my wife and I were the missionary speakers
representing
Helping Hands in Puerto Rico
Published: December 8, 2017
by Chelsi Mason, OCU Junior, majoring in Emergency
by Chelsi Mason, OCU Junior, majoring in Emergency
by Chelsi Mason, OCU Junior, majoring in Emergency
Hope Springs Anew–OCU Responds to Opioid Crisis
Published: November 28, 2017
As the tragic effects of opioid addiction continue to grip the nation, in
Ohio efforts to address them are well underway through initiatives by
organizations such as Propel Ohio and Ohio Christian University.
On Nov. 17, Teacher Education Professors Valerie Jones and Angela Flowers,
along with student majors Maddy McCain and Emily Morton, attended Propel
Ohio’s Collegiate Leadership Conference on the effect of poverty and the
opioid crisis on Ohio youth. They joined some 600 attendees in the
University of Akron’s historic Quaker Station conference center to hear
Ohio Senators Sherrod
As the tragic effects of opioid addiction continue to grip the nation, in
Ohio efforts to address them are well underway through initiatives by
organizations such as Propel Ohio and Ohio Christian University.
On Nov. 17, Teacher Education Professors Valerie Jones and Angela Flowers,
along with student majors Maddy McCain and Emily Morton, attended Propel
Ohio’s Collegiate Leadership
As the tragic effects of opioid addiction continue to grip the nation, in
Ohio efforts to address them are well underway through initiatives by
organizations such as Propel Ohio and Ohio Christian
