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During the 2010-2011 school year, Mississippi Baptist Student Union raised and spent more than $960,000 to involve more than 1,900 students in significant missions experiences. These activities may have been anything from a weekly community mission outreach event, to a mission project in New England or California, to a very large mission trip to the other side of the world costing tens of thousands of dollars.
Today, Mississippi Baptist college students are on the cutting edge of volunteer missions service in SBC life. In the area of summer missions as more than 200 students served, our BSU programs continue to be in the top tier of the Southern Baptist Convention in the total numbers of students mobilized. On a per capita basis, no other state sends more summer missionaries than Mississippi BSU programs. This kind of mission vision is accomplished by an intentional strategy implemented on each campus to “reach, equip, and mobilize” college students. If we have not helped every student understand that they are to live a life of service and witness, we have not completed our job.
Today, BSU is preparing students in the areas of leadership and missions service as the next generation of leaders in our churches and denomination. Strong support from area churches and associations, and vital Cooperative Program gifts make these many achievements possible.
Currently, there are more than 30 local Baptist Student Union programs of ministry, and 22 Baptist student centers in the state; Mississippi Baptist Convention Board holds title to 16 of those centers, while 6 are owned by the local associations, churches, and Baptist Colleges.
The Acts 1:8 initiative challenging all Southern Baptists to be “on mission” was a central goal among our Baptist Student Union programs across Mississippi. Results from all mission efforts during the year showed the following results:
