Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2018

11 THE GREAT COMMISSION NEXT DOOR CLEM BOYD AND ANDREW J. GRAFF Cedarville students are serving in local ministries at county jails, with refugee children, and on college campuses. They realize that fulfilling the Great Commission starts with the next-door neighbor. IN EVERY ISSUE 30 CHAPEL NOTES 32 ADVANCING CEDARVILLE 34 CAMPUS NEWS 3 6 YELLOW JACKET SPORTS 39 MOMENT IN TIME 40 IN CLOSING FEATURES 2 WHY MISSIONS? MATTHEW BENNETT Cedarville is sending missionaries, not just to foreign countries, but into local churches, communities, and career fields to make a Gospel impact where they live, work, and worship. 6 GLOBAL OUTREACH SUMMER DIARY This summer, Cedarville sent 25 teams on missions trips internationally. Students, faculty, and staff brought the truth of salvation to kids, teens, and adults — many of whom had not previously heard the Gospel — through camps, sports, and vacation Bible schools. 18 SHORT-TERM TEAMS, LONG-TERM IMPACT CLEM BOYD AND NATALIA KIRYCHUK ’19 Cedarville sends hundreds of students, along with faculty and staff, each year to support missionaries all around the globe. These teams make a Kingdom difference the minute they arrive. 15 MULTIPLYING URBAN DISCIPLESHIP MADI CANNON ’17 Inner City Impact (ICI) in Chicago is a longtime partner with Cedarville in bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to the urban poor. Over the years, many students have been encouraged to pursue urban ministry for a lifetime because of their experience with ICI. Editor Janice (Warren) Supplee ’86 Managing Editor Clem Boyd Creative Director Chad Jackson ’05 Graphic Designer Craig Salisbury Photographer Scott Huck Administration President Thomas White Special Advisor to the President Loren Reno ’70 Vice President for Academics Thomas Mach ’88 Vice President for Advancement Rick Melson Vice President for Business and Chief Financial Officer Christopher Sohn Vice President for Enrollment Management Scott Van Loo ’98 Vice President for Marketing and Communications Janice (Warren) Supplee ’86 Vice President for Student Life and Christian Ministries Jonathan Wood Athletic Director Alan Geist ’83 Our Mission Cedarville University is a Christ-centered learning community equipping students for lifelong leadership and service through an education marked by excellence and grounded in biblical truth. Our Vision Cedarville University will be an exemplary Christian institution known for commitment to academic excellence, submission to biblical authority, passion for the Great Commission, and intentional discipleship that transforms lives for godly service, vocational distinction, and cultural engagement. Cedarville Magazine is published spring, summer, and fall and mailed free of charge to alumni and supporters of Cedarville University. 1-800-CEDARVILLE • cedarville.edu Direct inquiries and address changes to: Cedarville Magazine Cedarville University 251 N. Main St., Cedarville, OH 45314 cedarville.edu/magazine magazine@cedarville.edu 1-888-CEDARVILLE READ ONLINE! Visit cedarville.edu/magazineFA18 on your computer or mobile device. Fall 2018 Volume 6 Issue 3 22 LIFETIME OF MINISTRY AS TOLD TO MICHELE (CUMMINGS) SOLOMON ’91 Throughout Cedarville’s history, alumni have obeyed the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations. Meet men and women from the last six decades faithfully serving the Lord on missions fields all around the world. 28 CUGO: YEARS OF GOSPEL ADVANCEMENT From the 1950s through today, Cedarville University has been equipping students to take the Gospel into their vocations, their neighborhoods, and across the globe. Go therefore and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations, BAPTIZING THEM in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, TEACHING THEM to observe all that I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19–20a 10 SPECIAL SECTION: GLOBAL OUTREACH Cedarville Magazine | 1