359962-Berry,Tanyon
Collegiate/University Missionary
Tempe Arizona
Church on Mill
March 27
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About My Family
I grew up in a loving family who exposed me to the gospel, but I failed to understand and respond in faith. In my freshman year of college, my girlfriend, Lindsey, invited me to a parachurch ministry. A brother named Aaron shared the gospel with me. I understood Jesus came not only to be my Savior, but also to be my Lord. God saved both Lindsey and me that year, and we got baptized in fall 2016 at Church on Mill. We have been members ever since.
We have been serving as student leaders with our church’s college ministry, which eventually merged with the local Christian Challenge, and we got married and graduated in 2019. We’ve recently been serving as deacons, and I completed a pastoral residency in May 2023. Through the entire journey, God has steadily been growing my love for Him, His Word, His church and ministry.
We have been serving as student leaders with our church’s college ministry, which eventually merged with the local Christian Challenge, and we got married and graduated in 2019. We’ve recently been serving as deacons, and I completed a pastoral residency in May 2023. Through the entire journey, God has steadily been growing my love for Him, His Word, His church and ministry.
About My Ministry
I work with Life Among the Nations (LATN), a ministry to international students at Arizona State University (ASU). ASU has more international students than any other public university in the country with 17,000+ international students from 150+ countries. Many of these countries are in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia and are home to numerous unreached people groups.
The nations are coming to us, even the nations Americans have a hard time reaching! And the students who are coming are the best and brightest from their countries. When they go home, they will be the leaders, the doctors, the lawyers, the teachers and the parents. LATN is working to evangelize and disciple these students so that when they go home, they return with more than a degree. They return with the gospel, the Spirit and a vision for spreading the church!
The nations are coming to us, even the nations Americans have a hard time reaching! And the students who are coming are the best and brightest from their countries. When they go home, they will be the leaders, the doctors, the lawyers, the teachers and the parents. LATN is working to evangelize and disciple these students so that when they go home, they return with more than a degree. They return with the gospel, the Spirit and a vision for spreading the church!
