Mack and Courtney Clements
Mack and courtney clements
About Us
Chi Alpha Missionaries at Ole Miss
| Mack and Courtney Clements Missionaries with Chi Alpha
We're Mack and Courtney Clements—U.S. Missionaries serving with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Oxford, Mississippi (Ole Miss). Our passion is to lead students to become authentic followers of Jesus to transform the university, the marketplace, and the world. We are ordained Assemblies of God ministers. We believe the college campus is the most strategic mission field in the world. HERE'S WHY WE REACH COLLEGE STUDENTS: To connect with individuals who would not otherwise encounter a biblical message of Jesus Christ. A high percentage of those deciding to become followers of Christ though the efforts of students and staff in Chi Alpha have had no previous exposure to the gospel of Jesus or a Christian church. To impact our world's most influential institution, the college and university campus. The social, scientific, and spiritual theories of today's campuses will become the accepted norm for tomorrow's grade schools, businesses and television programs. What America is and what it will become is directly related to what happens on its university campuses. As a nation's campuses go, so goes the future of the nation. To reach the more than one million international students studying in the United States. Historically, we see an increase in the blessing of God when we focus on reaching the peoples of the world. George Barna says international student ministry is an "opportunity of a lifetime." International students speak English, want to make American friends, and want to learn about our culture and our religion. These students are at our doorstep. To protect the investment that the Church has made in our youth. An education at a Bible or Christian College is a great choice for many students. However, a significantly higher number of Christian youth will attend a secular college or university. The Church invests too much time, money and prayer in its youth to not protect and empower that investment during the critical transitions from home to campus and the campus to the marketplace. |
What is Chi Alpha & Our Role
We serve as the directors of Chi Alpha at Ole Miss and the State Directors of Chi Alpha in Mississippi.
Chi Alpha is a network of Christian ministries on university campuses. The name Chi Alpha stands for Christ Ambassadors and comes from 2 Corinthians 5:20,
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.
Our movement of campus ministries finds its identity in this passage. Each of us who takes on the identity of "Christian" becomes Christ's ambassador – or christou apostoloi in Greek, which we shorten to the first letters "Chi" and "Alpha" or XA.
Chi Alpha is sponsored by the Assemblies of God. That means the AG provides each local campus with support, resources and connectivity to a larger worldwide movement. The sponsorship by the Assemblies of God does not mean that you have to have a history with the AG. You don't have to have any particular denominational connection to be welcomed in our groups.
We serve as the directors of Chi Alpha at Ole Miss and the State Directors of Chi Alpha in Mississippi. Our role at Ole Miss is overseeing the staff team responsible for create a culture of discipleship on campus. We do this by training students to lead small group bible studies of their peers, hosting a weekly on campus worship service, actively sharing the gospel on campus through weekly outreach, and taking students on cross-cultural mission trips. As State Directors we promote Chi Alpha across the state, recruit and train pioneers of new Chi Alpha groups, and resource existing Chi Alpha groups.
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.
Our movement of campus ministries finds its identity in this passage. Each of us who takes on the identity of "Christian" becomes Christ's ambassador – or christou apostoloi in Greek, which we shorten to the first letters "Chi" and "Alpha" or XA.
Chi Alpha is sponsored by the Assemblies of God. That means the AG provides each local campus with support, resources and connectivity to a larger worldwide movement. The sponsorship by the Assemblies of God does not mean that you have to have a history with the AG. You don't have to have any particular denominational connection to be welcomed in our groups.
We serve as the directors of Chi Alpha at Ole Miss and the State Directors of Chi Alpha in Mississippi. Our role at Ole Miss is overseeing the staff team responsible for create a culture of discipleship on campus. We do this by training students to lead small group bible studies of their peers, hosting a weekly on campus worship service, actively sharing the gospel on campus through weekly outreach, and taking students on cross-cultural mission trips. As State Directors we promote Chi Alpha across the state, recruit and train pioneers of new Chi Alpha groups, and resource existing Chi Alpha groups.
Beyond Ministry
Outside of ministry we love spending time with our daughters Gemma and Mackena. Whether we're roasting marshmallows in the back yard, swimming at the indoor pool on campus, or taking them to the beach we love having fun and making memories with these two sweet little girls.
We also love adventure. Although we've slowed down some since having the girls, we still jump at the chance to go canoeing, caving, or repelling. When we need a break, we'll grab some friends and have a game night filled with cards and board games.
We also love adventure. Although we've slowed down some since having the girls, we still jump at the chance to go canoeing, caving, or repelling. When we need a break, we'll grab some friends and have a game night filled with cards and board games.
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