For Me, Growing Up Didn’t Always Feel Safe. When I stepped on campus, I just knew this was where I belonged,” Kaylee Skelley ’08, ’25 says. As a child in Spokane, Washington, attending a Nazarene church with her family, Kaylee vividly remembers accepting Christ...
“If I Wasn’t Excelling, I Didn’t Belong.” For Amiah Lake ’22, who grew up in foster care, stability was not a given. Belonging was not assumed. It was negotiated. Earned. Proved. “Early on, I internalized the belief that in order to belong or have value somewhere,...
“I’ve Grown Up with Jesus,” Philip Kirabira ’25 Happily Admits. Born in Uganda to parents in ministry, Philip was introduced to Jesus from the very beginning. Even in stressful moments, like a hospital stay as a young boy, his desire for spiritual comfort was...
In High School, Isaiah Denhoff ’26 Was on a Path to Success. His job at Yellow Rose Transport was empowering, and he was one email away from signing on to a high paying career with Caterpillar (CAT). With a workaholic schedule during his senior year and a passion...
Grace Christian University’s Mission Grace Christian University’s mission is Graduating Courageous Ambassadors for Christ Who Make an Eternal Impact Wherever They Go. To prepare students to make that impact, they engage in biblically-integrated learning experiences...
“I’ve changed,” Carter Willis ’25 admits. Where My Story Changed Growing up, Carter didn’t have faith of any kind. His parents weren’t Christians, and Christ was never a topic of discussion. When Carter was two years old, his parents divorced and he was thrown into...
Where My Story with Grace Began The story of how I got to Grace is part of a love story between Jesus and me. When my Sunday school teacher said that to me, I was a 16-year-old girl who had left home due to traumatic circumstances and a toxic situation in...
“God, Give Me a Sign,” Benaiah Nyanjui ‘25 prayed before his tour of Grace Christian UniversityIt was an honest and earnest prayer, but he had no idea how it would be answered. TAKEOFF Born to missionary parents, Benaiah was raised in Kenya where he and his family...
Morgan Sillings ’24 has always been fascinated by history. Unlike other kids who wanted to throw a party or go to an amusement park for their birthdays, Morgan begged her mom to take her to the Grand Rapids Public Museum to see a Titanic exhibit when she turned 13....
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