Today is the launch of the first Empower Leadership Academy. The Empower Leadership Academy is a 1-year student leadership cohort for InterVarsity/USA students in Iowa and Nebraska, with an aim to develop empowered Black/African American leaders of leaders from the college campus. We have an initial class of eight student leaders.

The program will combine prophetic leadership development, mission to the world, service on the campus, and vision to harness the incredible momentum we are experiencing in Black Campus Ministries (BCM).

Empower will bring some of the best we offer in leadership development in InterVarsity to a targeted group of leaders who will then be a significant voice in our area and region as visionary planners for the launch of a Regional BCM Student Conference in Spring 2017.

Please join me in praying for this initiative and for its director Tony Gatewood.

Tony Gatewood

Tony Gatewood, Empower Leadership Academy Director & Assistant Regional Director – Central U.S.