By Hudson ParkerMet By Love (MBL) is a college campus initiative that trains students to lead movements on college campuses. On October 17, MBL officially launched at Bethel. That same night, the first baptism prompted by the Holy Spirit happened despite cold water. Leaders from YWAM and Bethel led nights of worship and evangelism at Bethel.Dan Magu felt a calling to start “Met by Love” on Bethel University’s campus for the 2024–25 academic year. After traveling to the southern part of the Unite...

Hudson Parker is currently a biblical and theological studies in addition to missional ministries major with a minor in journalism at Bethel University. He writes pieces about people’s lives. He has diverse range of stories mainly focusing on a profile format to highlight a specific person. He enjoys bringing ordinary people’s story to life.

Hudson Parker is currently a biblical and theological studies in addition to missional ministries major with a minor in journalism at Bethel University. He...

By Hudson ParkerShawn Moore teaches police officers across the nation how to behave. Incidents, such as highly reported ones involving Kim Potter and Derek Chauvin, bring about many questions regarding law enforcement. Moore teaches workshops on how to conduct cross-cultural, conflict-resolution, and community-engagement training. He hopes to prevent these mistakes from happening.Moore sailed across oceans as a Navy Specialist for four years. Being a military man led him to work at the Mall of A...

I walked through the halls of Bethel University wearing blue shorts and a Bethel t-shirt. As I made my way through the school, I gave out fist bumps and high fives, acknowledging every familiar face that smiled at me. As a junior Missional Ministries major, I felt untouchable – this was going to be my year. 
Two years earlier – during my freshman year – I had been fed up with Bethel. I was unhappy with my major, uncommunicative with my adviser and lonely. In the spring semester I started skippin...

During times of uncertainty, the Harms family learned to lean on each other and trust in Christ.By Hudson Parker, journalistSymone Harms waited at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN with her older sister, Josie, anticipating the arrival of their mother, Kirsten Harms. They were waiting for the news. Praying for a miracle. When Kirsten entered the waiting room, she approached her young daughters with a soft smile. As she sat down, she relayed the information the medical staff had told her. Their fa...

Jaeger Ash, assistant coach of Arden Village, knows the stakes are high since 15 of the women were on the Getsch team last homecoming. They finished second and lost to the commuters.“Our strategy is spread out, defense, open running lanes and open passing lanes,” Ash said. “Having so many great minds coming together, developing one offense and one defense.”A women’s flag football single-elimination game. Seven on seven during the night with fluorescent lights shining onto the Royal Stadium footb...

By Hudson Parker, journalistVictor Ezigbo stood in his office at Bethel University on a late afternoon in November with empty bookshelves. The books and his coworkers have been his companions for 16 years. Moving boxes lay on the ground and his colleagues and students drop by to have conversations with him proud and at a loss for words. He took a deep breath, feeling a sense of gratitude and looking forward to new horizons.“The primary reason I’ve been here so long is the relationships I built i...