Are you open? I mean, are you open to God's plans for your life? Are you yielded to His leadership and are you willing to hear Him and follow even if it means change?

I'm not going to pretend that "living a surrendered life" is always easy but I think you would agree it is an adventure!

In 2008 God led me to form an outreach ministry focused on reaching troubled youth. It was the beginning of a brand new ministry adventure and I had plans and ideas about how it might "look" but I promised God I would move forward with a spirit of openness and allow Him to open and close doors as He wished. I would not "hold on too tightly" to anything but would at the same time give Him 100% of my energy and commitment. The result of that decision is the fruit of seeing over 240 teenagers come to Christ in two years. It has been an incredible journey. Even in the midst of incredible results spiritually, we faced a huge challenge of ministry financial support when our largest ministry supporters experienced a financial crisis of their own and had to make a painful decision to stop supporting our ministry as funds became scarce. These are good men and I pray for their recovery in the near future and for God to continue to sustain them along the way and bring back financial success because they have been used greatly to impact ministries and reach others for Christ.

As our family has moved forward and asked God to show us His path, we have been truly amazed to see His hand in our circumstances.

A few months ago I began receiving phone calls from my close friend Dave Sekura about his ministry at Fort Bluff Camp in Dayton, TN. Dave and I have been great friends since college. (We were best men in each other's weddings so our friendship runs deep). The camp is located in the beautiful hills of Tennessee. Dave has been talking with me for some time about the leadership needs at the camp and the possibility of forming a ministry partnership between Ken Turner Ministries and Fort Bluff Camp. After much prayer and a few trips to Tennessee to meet with the leadership there and discussions with my ministry board, God has made it clear that His path for us is leading our outreach ministry to Tennessee. By the way, our family ministered for a week at the camp in early June and 38 youth received Christ as Savior during the week! Our outreach ministry to troubled youth will duplicate there what has been done in Indianapolis. We will continue ministering to troubled youth in the community of Rhea County, Tennessee including reaching youth in juvenile detention centers and focusing on troubled youth in the surrounding area. I will be joining Dave Sekura in leading the ministry at Fort Bluff Camp while doing outreach ministry in the community as well. It will be a huge expansion of ministry for us. A couple years ago the camp had 10,000 campers so the opportunity to touch 10,000 youth will be great. I will have an office at the camp up on Dayton Mountain and access to great resources through the camp that are not available to me here in Indianapolis.

Our move is coming quickly... the camp wants our family there by August 1. School starts in Rhea County, TN on August 4. So we covet your prayers as we make the transition.

Pray For These Ministry Needs:

Feel free to contact us with questions or if you feel led to partner with us in any of our ministry needs as we move.

 

To learn more about our new ministry at Fort Bluff Camp and the National Association of Christian Athletes (NACA) visit the website at www.fbc-naca.org