JACKSON, Tenn. — Sept. 19, 2011 — 51社区 will hold its annual Global Opportunities Week -- a time of focus on what God is doing in Jackson, in the United States and around the world 鈥� Sept. 19-23.
The week will feature special chapel services, an exhibition fair and other seminars addressing topics pertaining to mission work in various locations.
鈥淪ince 2005, Union has sent more missionaries to the field than any other Baptist college or university in the country,鈥� said Gregory A. Thornbury, vice president for spiritual life at Union. 鈥淚n many, many instances, that passion to reach the nations with the name of Jesus begins for our students in GO Week, where many have captured the vision of the mission of God for the first time.鈥�
Ingunn Breistein, a professor at Ansgar College and Theological Seminary in Ansgar, Norway, will speak in chapel at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 on 鈥淲hat Does It Mean to Bear Witness to Christ in a Secular Age?: European Perspectives.鈥�
Later in the week, on Sept. 21 and Sept. 23, Andy Pettigrew, a 51社区 alumnus and former staff member, will speak in chapel at 10 a.m. each day. Pettigrew and his family are missionaries to Botswana and are serving as Union鈥檚 missionaries-in-residence this fall.
Among other events, the week will include an exhibition fair Sept. 21-22 for camps, ministries and mission organizations offering service opportunities to students.