NGU Hosts Annual Global Impact Week
Posted on: September 18, 2026
Tigerville, SC—North Greenville University (NGU) hosted its annual Global Impact Week on its Tigerville campus Sept. 14-16.
The yearly event emphasizes the importance of global missions and gives students opportunities to learn about other cultures as well as meet with missionaries from various organizations.
“Global Impact Week is planned to cultivate a heart for the nations in our students,” said Dallas Vandiver, Assistant Vice President for Student Ministries at NGU.
“Students heard from an experienced missionary who proclaimed Christ through the avenue of medicine. They enjoyed cross-cultural food. They prayed for the nations to know Christ. They were encouraged to have a passion to know Christ and make Him known. They were presented with multiple avenues of ministry, including 12 mission trips,” he said.
The keynote speaker for Global Impact Week was Dr. Rebekah Naylor, a retired International Mission Board (IMB) medical missionary who served on the mission field for 35 years and currently serves on faculty at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
During her chapel talks, Naylor shared stories from her time on the mission field in India, where she served as a surgeon and encouraged students in their faith through Scripture.
She also spoke about the problems of the world from natural disasters to sinful actions, but shared the hope that believers have the answer for humanity’s deepest need, which is salvation from sin.
“We don’t know the answers to all those big problems, but we have the answer to the greatest problem in the world and that is the gospel,” said Naylor. “But it requires someone to go and share this gospel with those who need to hear it.”
Students had opportunities to meet with Naylor during the week and speak with her about missions.
“Our students sought time with her—meeting her after her talks in the front of the chapel and engaging in conversation in the student center,” said Vandiver. “Dr. Naylor was delighted in the conversations she had with students. She said, ‘As I speak on college campuses, I’m always amazed that young people want to have conversations with an old person like me, but they do!’”
Vandiver said the prayer for Global Impact Week is that students may develop a love for the nations and share the gospel wherever they go.
“We pray that this week leads our students to a desire for God to be glorified among the nations, love for the lost, and faithfulness with the gospel,” he said.
