Cornerstone Students Challenged to Engage in Missions During Global Impact Week
Students at Cornerstone University experienced an inspiring campus-wide focus on global missions during Global Impact Week, held March 21-26. Through chapel services featuring leaders from Radius International, Our Daily Bread Ministries and DOOR International, along with a missions fair, documentary screening, prayer and a Global Worship Experience, students were challenged to consider their role in serving and spreading the gospel among the nations.
Missions Leaders Call Students to Action
Throughout the week, the Cornerstone community turned its attention to God’s work around the world through three chapel services featuring guest speakers who each brought a unique perspective on missions.
Monday’s chapel featured Brooks Buser, president of Radius International, who urged students to consider the urgency of reaching unreached people groups. Drawing from his own experience as a missionary in Papua New Guinea, Buser shared about planting a church among the YembiYembi people and the transformative power of the gospel in places where Christ is not yet known.
On Wednesday, Dr. Matt Lucas, CEO and president of Our Daily Bread Ministries, urged students to embrace Christ’s command to go. His message emphasized faithful obedience and a willingness to follow God’s leading, wherever it may lead.
The week’s chapel series concluded with Rob Meyers, CEO of DOOR International, who highlighted the ongoing work of bringing the gospel to the global Deaf community, one of the largest unreached people groups in the world. Meyers encouraged students to consider how God might use them to serve in often-overlooked mission fields.
Across these services, students were reminded that Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:18-20 to “go and make disciples of all nations” are not merely a suggestion, but a command given to all believers.
Experiences that Connected Students to Missions
Beyond chapel, students explored multiple opportunities to engage with missions in practical and meaningful ways.
The week began with a campus-hosted showing of “Missionary: Obeying the Great Commission,” a documentary highlighting the life and ministry of John Paton, who faithfully served in the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific.
On Wednesday, students connected directly with a wide range of mission organizations during the annual Missions Fair. The event created space for meaningful conversations, allowing students to explore opportunities to serve and to discern how their unique gifts might be used in cross-cultural ministry contexts.
That same day, students gathered for a dedicated time of prayer, interceding for unreached people groups around the world and asking God to continue raising up laborers for His harvest — even from among their own campus community.
The week culminated in a Global Worship Experience, a service designed to draw attention to the unity of the global church. Scripture was read in multiple languages by Cornerstone students, and several shared testimonies of God’s work in their home countries. The service pointed to the shared truths that unite believers across cultures and generations, echoing the historic confession of the Apostles’ Creed and celebrating the worldwide impact of the gospel.
“The service was a great way to close out the week,” said Cornerstone graduate Cole Moore. “It felt like a commission, like a call to action.”
A Campus Committed to Global Missions
Global Impact Week reflects Cornerstone’s ongoing commitment to equip men and women to impact the world for Jesus Christ. By providing both vision and tangible opportunities for engagement, the week offers students a meaningful glimpse into God’s work across the globe and invites them to consider how they might take part in it.
