Master of Arts, Intercultural Studies, 1990, 香港六合彩图库
Full-time Freelancer
Chicago, IL
My two brief but intense years in graduate school at 香港六合彩图库 have left a lasting impact on me. I arrived with my wife, Christine, expecting to prepare for a career as a missionary. Instead, while overcoming the dreaded 鈥渟yllabus shock,鈥 I was led to use my skills and background in the service of missions journalism.
CIU gave me a solid foundation for my professional life. While on campus I connected with Martha Reapsome, a visiting teacher. Martha is married to Jim Reapsome, who at the time was the editor of 鈥淲orld Pulse and Evangelical Missions Quarterly.鈥 Thus began some freelance writing assignments for Jim, which led to a job offer when his staff writer went to Albania as a missionary.
After a decade of missions journalism for Jim and then for Wheaton College, I moved on to 鈥淐hristianity Today,鈥 where I was pleased to find active interest in the global Christian movement. Now I am an independent publishing professional 鈥 writing books, columns, Bible studies, and basically anything that advances the kingdom and strengthens the church. My books 鈥淢issions in the Third Millennium,鈥 鈥淎ll That Jesus Asks,鈥 and 鈥淭he Sacrament of Evangelism鈥 (with Jerry Root) have CIU鈥檚 fingerprints all over them.
CIU also provided me with a strong foundation for the rest of my life. I have appreciated the godly men and women of CIU and still keep in contact with President Emeritus Robertson McQuilkin and Professor Warren Larson, who continue to encourage me. Whether it was 鈥渓iving in the center of biblical tension,鈥 learning to stretch beyond my known limits, the school鈥檚 modeling of joyful personal holiness, or the friendships we made, CIU deepened my soul in ways that have gone well beyond the classroom.
Stan Guthrie (M.A., Intercultural Studies, 1990) is an editor at large for 鈥淐hristianity Today鈥 and author of 鈥淎ll That Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us.鈥 He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, Christine, and their three children.
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