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Finding Her Calling Through Service
A summer job at Arrowhead Bible Camp gave Alex Abramo a place to put her Human Services studies to work—and a reason to stay.
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The Year I Didn’t Plan For
Bethany Kunz had a job she liked and no plans for a gap year. At Touch the World, the hardest—and most useful—work turned out to be learning to live closely with other people.
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From WRTCA Chief to Educational Entrepreneur
Blake Willard spent six years at Cameron Boys Camp before moving into school leadership and work with homeschooling families. The responsibilities he carried at camp also shaped his graduate education.
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The Ministry I Never Planned On
Tommy Sewell expected to become a youth pastor. Returning to Word of Life led him into camp leadership—and gave his graduate coursework a set of real projects to tackle.
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Learning to Lead by Learning to Grow
Joel Becker’s path to Arrowhead included a gap year, traveling ministry, Bible study, and mentoring younger students. Those experiences now inform the questions he helps students work through.
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The Platform Changes. The Mission Doesn’t.
Dr. Dwight Peterson has taught, coached, pastored, and helped lead a church plant. Across those roles, he has kept asking how learning helps people grow in the work and relationships in front of them.
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Building More Than a Camp
Ben Myers came to Arrowhead Bible Camp for a summer while studying camping ministry. He stayed, and the camp became a place where he—and later generations of staff—learned the work by doing it.
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Building Leaders Where They Already Are
Cam Woolford’s years in Latin American church planting led him to focus on a persistent question: how can churches prepare leaders from within their own congregations?
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Preparing Young People for What Comes Next
Receiving mission teams in Uganda changed the questions Andrea Kroeze asked about preparing students to serve. Her work at Touch the World grew from what she saw on the receiving end.
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