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A Freshmen Stepping Into Leadership

Tyler Riffe — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:03:51 +0000

Carl has witnessed brothers of Delta Tau Delta at Purdue University make decisions for Christ throughout the year. The senior, Payton, that was leading his house ministry and pursuing those fraternity brothers for Christ graduates this year. Carl has no reservations about stepping into the role. He has a sincere heart to reach those are far away from God, with the Good News of Christ. I have had the joy of meeting with Carl since he started to get more involved and show interest in his Bible study. Even though Carl was following Jesus as he entered college, I have watched him grow from a guy “interested in the Bible but not knowing where to start”… to a guy who thirsts after Truth and craves to see his brothers know Jesus. He comes each week with loads of questions and tons of great insight. Each week, the insight develops and deepens.

Carl recently came up to me and said, “Tyler, I have to tell you something”. Carl went on to tell me of three conversations he had in the past few days with his fraternity brothers about Jesus. His brothers are noticing a confidence in him, they are asking questions, and Carl is sharing gracefully and boldly. Also recently, he asked me “how do we get other fraternities involved with Greek IV”. He not only has eyes for his house and his brothers, but for the entire Greek system.

The extent to which God will be able to work through this willing freshmen in his house and in the Greek System as a whole remains to be seen, but I am filled with hope of the possibilities!

Delta Tau Delta Renewed

Tyler Riffe — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:35 +0000

Two years ago there was no one living out their faith actively in Delta Tau Delta (Delts) at Purdue University. When Payton Miller first came to a Greek IV House Ministry Leader (HML) retreat as a junior, he mentioned how there was no one living out their faith in their house… let alone a Bible Study going on and initially thought the idea of one sounded crazy. However, God seemed to have had a different idea. A fellow HML approached Payton because she thought it would be great for there to be a joint Bible study between them one week, because their houses were “Football Buddies”. Payton went along with the idea, and was stunned at the response of his fraternity brothers. There were a handful of guys who thought it was great idea, and after that first one, Payton just kept leading Bible studies… and pouring himself into sharing his faith and life with his Delt Brothers. Today, 4 of Payton’s good friends in the fraternity have made decisions to follow Jesus Christ, are active in the Greek IV and Christian community, their lives are transforming, and they are excited to continue the work in Delts that God has started through Payton. Along with those 4 brothers of his, the full impact that he has had on the house as a whole has reproductions for God’s Kingdom that we will never fully be able to grasp completely.

Payton has spent his senior year as President of our Greek IV student leadership team, and will be joining staff to plant a Greek IV chapter on a campus that currently does not have one, taking his experience of how God used him at Purdue and in his house along with him.

However, Payton will be graduating this year. So what is next for Delts? Along with those 4 that we have literally seen God transform, Payton has encouraged and motivated a freshmen, Carl, to slowly take the mantle of leadership for next year, thus securing active ministry in Delts for generations to come. Carl… is pumped about what God has done in Delts thus far, and is eager to join the process of calling his fraternity brothers to Christ!

To read more about Carl, CLICK HERE!

To read Mike’s story, one of Payton’s 4 guys… CLICK HERE!

Investing in Freshman

Sam Spencer — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:11:57 +0000

Kerry and Elizabeth lead a small group for freshmen women. They started in September and have continued through recruitment season. Out of the 20+ women that participate on a regular basis most of them decided to go Greek. The freshman women joined all five sororities on campus. Pi Phi was the only sorority on campus without contacts, and now we have three! These women are excited about their sorority house and to stay in their community. They encourage one another and help cast vision for what it means to be Greek and Christian.