“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....
"If you’re teaching with love, you can’t always put cookies on the top shelf and expect students to reach them,” Dr. Mat Loverin ’98 says. “There will always be a student that can reach that level, but if I only teach that student, then I’m going to have another...
"I was a terrible student. I hated everything to do with academics,” Professor Kyle Vegh ’15 says. “But my master’s wasn’t hard because by that point I had gone through the crucible that is Grace Christian University.” Crucible likely isn’t the word most Grace...
Question & Answer with Dr. Mat Loverin ’98, Dean and Professor of Bible & Ministry Q: Describe Grace’s community and interactions with students inside and outside the classroom. A: As a professor, I always felt that the connections I had with...
Chuck’s father said, ‘Don’t bother to come to Costa Rica unless you’re going to commit for five years.’ So we said, ‘Well, we’ll go for five years and see how God works,’” Joy Befus ’83 says. With Chuck’s full construction business and Joy’s childcare center, the...
By Sarah Cross ’24 I barely had a high school diploma,” Jeb says. At 57 years old, Jeb Meredith ’18 decided to earn his college degree while living in Peace Park in Houston, Texas. In a tent. He had been homeless since 2001. Jeb grew up in Conroe, Texas, forty...
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