Note: I am privileged to serve on the Austin Stone Story Team as a writer. I have been with the team a few months and it has been great for me, it’s an opportunity to serve the church body with my meager talents and tell the stories of what God is doing in our community and in the world. I encourage you to check out the 100 People Network. It is a ministry of our church focused on sending out members of our church body to proclaim Christ to the unreached people groups of this world. I will double post my articles here with the hope of humbly drawing more attention to the great work of Christ. If so moved, please consider supporting the network’s work, or work through your local church body.
Originally posted at: http://100peoplenetwork.org/blog/goer_story_in_response_to_grace
Story by: Brian Lundin
Photo by: Scott Wade
With its current population of over 1.21 billion people, India is on track to become the world’s most populous country by 2025. Greg wants to see a church planting explosion there that would rival what has taken place in China. For someone with such high hopes, washing the feet of the poor in the countryside might seem like too meager of a beginning. But Greg is following the example of humility that Christ displayed for us: “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet” (John 13:14).
Greg was raised in church, but by the time he started school at The University of Texas, he realized he was not living in obedience to God. Originally, his goals were to obtain a degree in computer science, find a good job and pursue what this world has to offer. But at the invitation of a good friend, Greg started attending The Austin Stone and going to a campus Bible study. At that point, God made some remarkable changes in his life.
When asked about the change, Greg states, “I started living in response to grace.”
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