At the inaugural session, Tippit indicated that fifty students participated in the discipleship school, with each person staying from 6:30 am in the morning until 10:00 pm at night. Tippit said, "The students (in India) were so hungry for God and a renewed sense of God's presence in their lives. He seemed to reward the desires of their heart."
EC aims to equip its students to make a difference for God in their everyday environment. They train primarily college-age students who are passionate about fulfilling the call that God has placed on their lives and take them through an intense seminar training environment.
Week-long meetings include group worship times, individual quiet times, group discussions, and in-depth Bible study of the four Gospels. The response, says Tippit, was incredible. "At times, they didn't want to go to meals because the discussion sessions were so compelling, and they didn't want the conversations to end. The prayer times were equally as vigorous as God's presence seemed to tangibly linger."
So, how to measure success? According to EC, "We pray that the students we train and whoever consumes the words we write, the audio files we produce, and/or the videos we create assists them in coming closer to embodying the following words written by Francis of Assisi and/or C.S. Lewis. If this happens, then we consider our work here at Eternal Concepts to be successful."
Please pray for the Eternal Concepts team as they face a hectic schedule.
