Front Lines Podcast

Andrea Kroeze is the Training and Curriculum Coordinator at Touch the World, a missions training organization based in Allendale, NJ, that "creates opportunities for youth to encounter God and engage their faith through missions... to live on mission every day, everywhere." TTW launched the Discipleship & Missions Year (Christian gap year program) in Fall 2023, integrated with Anchor Christian University courses via t...

Luc Stout shares his journey from growing up in a ministry family to finding his own faith and committing to a fully sold out life for Jesus. He discusses his experience at the Word of Life Bible Institute and the impact of snow camp on his faith. Luc also talks about the value of education and ministry and his decision to pursue an internship at Word of Life. He shares his experience leading a discipleship group and his choice to ...

Dr. Dwight Peterson shares his background and journey in ministry, from growing up in a ministry family to transitioning from local church youth ministry to the college environment. He discusses the role of a professor in discipleship and the collision points of purpose between the classroom and discipleship. He emphasizes the importance of building authentic relationships with students and creating opportunities for application an...

The dynamic skills developed in camp ministry translate everywhere. In this episode, we catch up with Blake Willard, an alum of the MEd Organizational Leadership program formerly available via our partnership with Clarks Summit University. Blake completed the program while serving as a supervisor at Cameron Boys Camp, a therapeutic camping ministry that is affiliated with the North Carolina Baptist Convention, and also part of the ...

This episode is a conversation with Tommy Sewall, the Director of Word of Life Youth Camps in Schroon Lake, New York. We discuss Tommy’s personal background, the overview of Word of Life and its camps and the hands-on ministry experience at Word of Life Bible Institute. Tommy shares his personal history with Word of Life and his leadership role at the youth camps. We talk about the integration of learning and ministry, and Tommy’s ...

Alex recently transferred to Eleven:6 partner school, Anchor Christian University, while immersing in the dynamics of serving adults with developmental disabilities via the Leadership in Disabilities internship at Arrowhead Bible Camp (PA). Her dream... launch a nonprofit ministry (art studio) serving adults with disabilities. Her game plan... complete her undergrad and master's degrees via the deeply integrated programs at Arr...

Ben Myers has been leading Arrowhead Bible Camp in Brackney, PA, for almost two decades, from a solo effort to a growing team of dynamic emerging leaders.  

During that time, he finished his undergraduate degree and his master’s degree via Eleven:6 integrated programs with Clarks Summit University, one of our partner schools.  He then began investing that value in transforming the camp into a discipleship platform, using the princi...

Recently, I had an opportunity to talk with Maddie McCaffrey, who is currently enrolled in The Launch Initiative (TLI) gap year at Arrowhead Camp, a long-time frontline ministry partner of Eleven:6.  She is also enrolled for a full load of college courses integrated throughout TLI via Anchor Christian University. We talk about Maddie’s personal journey, how she connected with the camp, her experiences so far, and what she’s learnin...

Recently, I had an opportunity to grab a conversation with Joel Becker, who is currently serving as the Program Specialist, shepherding ⁠The Launch Initiative (TLI)⁠ Christian gap year, and ⁠Leadership in Disabilities (LID) internship⁠ programs at ⁠Arrowhead Bible Camp⁠, a frontline ministry partner of ⁠Eleven:6⁠.  Joel’s story is a powerful example of how an intentional approach to stewarding God-designed potential and purpose acc...