Brian and Mindy Hargett, national XA Expeditions Directors, introduced the acronym (THUMB) to identify Tribal, Hindu, Unreligious/ University, Muslim, Buddhist peoples groups who need our intercessory prayer and to hear the good news.
This is message Joe Zickafoose, former campus minister at Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, used at his first campus meeting to introduce students to Chi Alpha. It is as applicable today as it was then.
Consider purchasing a complimentary copy for your pastor, district superintendent or missions director, world missionary, a major donor.
The president and library at AG colleges/universities, AG executives, and AG WM regional directors have received complimentary copies of Growing a Student Movement.
Let’s get the story of Chi Alpha in the hands of many.
C. David Gable , former national director,
reported that the Growing a Student Movement book was:
Gable receiving a gift from above.
A gift from above!
And from Dennis G: a cat-herding, tradition-stretching, leader-enabling, truth-discerning, baloney-annoyed, need-sensitive, innovation-embracing, wisely-patient, personally-integrated, arena-centered, coffee-loving, Barbara-adoring, quietly radical, center-of-action player, who has worked for years to write a book that only he could be central enough to write. And who is making us all look better than we deserve.”
Whether a drone or kite delivered his book, or Federal Express, or a person who tied the book to a tree with twine is unknown. We validate that Dave Gale is the person in the photo; he received it and read the entire book.