NGU Hosts Annual Global Impact Week
Posted on: September 8, 2025
Tigerville, SC—North Greenville University (NGU) hosted its annual Global Impact Week from September 8-10.
Each year, NGU emphasizes the importance and impact of global missions through this conference, encouraging students to participate in the Lord’s Kingdom work through short-term and long-term mission opportunities.
Mike Taylor, executive director of Greater Europe Mission, was the keynote speaker for chapel services.
Taylor taught on Isaiah 6:1-9, encouraging students to recognize the holiness of God, repent of their sin and worldliness, and respond to God’s invitation.
“[God] is inviting you to go. He is inviting you to be. He is inviting you to serve,” Taylor said during his message.
As Taylor emphasized the significance of responding to the Lord’s invitation to go, be, and serve, he also offered practical ways in which they participate in this commandment.
“Your greatest commodity is your attention,” said Taylor. “The second greatest commodity is your time.”
In addition to the chapel services, students had the opportunity to learn more about global missions through talking with missionaries from different organizations, participating in cultural surprises sampling international foods, and praying for the nations in front of Todd Prayer Chapel. University sponsored mission trips for the upcoming Spring semester and summer were also announced during Wednesday’s chapel.
“I sensed a genuine openness to the movement of God’s Spirit among our students and, I believe, a willingness to let go of personal plans and pursuits for the sake of His greater Kingdom purpose,” said Allen McWhite, director of missions at NGU.
McWhite emphasized how important Global Impact Week is to the NGU community as it focuses on the university’s core values of being Christ-centered, biblically faithful, and mission-focused. He is also excited how the Lord will use faculty, staff, and students in reaching the nations for Christ.
“I look forward, in the days and weeks ahead, to seeing how this all works out in terms of students joining us for our weekly Wednesday morning prayer for the nations, our monthly missional community gatherings, signing up to be part of one of our NGU Send Teams, and continuing to meet with our NGU missions faculty and staff to further explore how the unique giftings and passions of our students can be channeled into the missionary task,” said McWhite. “Hopefully and prayerfully, this week was just the beginning of seeing God’s working among our students and His raising up of a new generation of laborers to be sent out into His spiritual harvest fields among the nations, both right here in our own North America and extending to the remotest parts of the earth.”
