BCM Testimony--Sarah Vick

First of all, thank you so much for starting this campaign. BSU/BCM has meant so much to my life, I cannot even fathom the thought of it being gone!

When I went to college at North Greenville I didn’t know anyone there. BSU(as we called it) became my place. I met so many wonderful people, and grew in my faith more than I ever have in my life. When I started at NGU, I was a Christian, but I was not very strong in my faith. In my hometown I didn’t have any Christian friends to encourage me. In fact, shortly before I left for school I tried to witness to my four closest friends from high school. I told them that I didn’t want to “play” church anymore or be fake. I had decided that if I was going to claim to be a Christian that it was time for me to start really living it, and stop living on the fence. I was very painfully told by each of them that they didn’t want anything to do with Christianity, and they didn’t want anything to do with me either. This was so hurtful! They had been my best friends all throughout high school, and now since I had decided to give Christ my whole life, they didn’t want anything to do with me! I will never forget New Year’s Eve that year when all of them went to a party that I knew I shouldn’t attend, and I stayed home and celebrated alone. At midnight that night, I went outside and prayed that God would send me some strong Christian friends that wanted to live for Christ, and could build me up in my faith.

Later that year I went to NGU, my first night there I went to BSU and could not believe that there were so many people my age who were praising God with their whole hearts! I had never seen anything like it. The next semester I joined a ministry team through BSU. We traveled every weekend and shared the gospel through drama. I never thought of it as a sacrifice, because I loved what I was doing so much. There was nothing else that I would have rather done throughout my years in college, than share my love for Christ with people who loved me, encouraged me, and pointed me to Christ.

Through BSU I found an accountability partner, an older woman to disciple me, and lifelong friends that are now like family to me. I did so much with BSU in college that I used to tell people that I was a BSU major.

A few years after college I had the privilege of working with Spartanburg BCM for two years. Through being a semester missionary and working with all five colleges in Spartanburg I had the joy of discipling girls, being discipled, reaching out to the community, working with foreign missionaries, and sharing Christ through the arts. Those were two more years of my life that I experienced radical growth in my life with Christ. Before I started working there I was feeling stagnant in my faith, but having the chance to serve Christ through BCM reignited my passion for my Savior.

Since then I have gone to seminary, and now I am working at North Greenville in the admissions office helping to bring more students to this wonderful school. I am also in charge of a club on campus that ministers to prospective students and their families. I love having the chance everyday to point others to Christ at this amazing university!

Without the funding of BCM I would not have had the chance to be a part of a ministry team. While working with BCM I would not have had a place to live or an income, I also wouldn’t have had the chance to help send hundreds of students out as local and foreign missionaries.

I know that finances are tight right now, but please don’t cut finding to BCM. It is a vital ministry to countless numbers of people! We will never know the full impact of it all, but I know that without it in my life I would not be the wife, mother, or Christian that I am today.

Thank you for your time.

In Christ,

Sarah N. Vick
North Greenville University
Class of 2005


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