Before Corey Hicks enrolled at City Vision University, he received a degree in Biblical Studies from the School of Urban Missions. He eventually heard from a friend about City Vision, and he was attracted to the college’s practicality and hands-on experience that was necessary for him to become an effective urban minister. He later graduated […]
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Union Gospel Mission, Salem, Oregon Linda Lacy was once homeless with four children. After gaining stability, she was compelled to help other women face the challenges she once knew. She found City Vision University on the Internet and began to seek a qualified urban ministry that was willing to “allow her to intern”; that’s how
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Office Manager, Kansas City Rescue Mission Though I had accepted Christ when I was a teenager, it was not until my mid-twenties that Christ became real to me and I began a serious effort to follow Christ. My Christian walk led me to Holmeswood Baptist Church where I soon became very involved in several different
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Chaplain, Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, Philadelphia, PA In December of 1990, I came to the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake in Utah. I been out of prison for about 6 months at this time. I was in prison for grand theft because I was supporting a drug habit, I had been homeless at times even
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Union Gospel Mission, Salem, Oregon Before Debbie Doland joined [the mission’s] staff, her mission experience was limited to occasional volunteering. Even though she was at an extraordinarily difficult point in her life—raising two boys who had recently lost their dad—her steadfast pursiut of Christ and commitment to stay at His side was an inspiration. As
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When did you graduate? I graduated from City Vision University in 2006, with a one-year certificate. How did you get interested in Rescue Ministry? We live in an area, 60 miles southwest of Little Rock, AK, with a population of about 90,000. It’s an area, almost county-wide, that has a lot of unemployed, working poor, and many men living in
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Sarah Park graduated from City Vision University in 2010 with a degree in Addiction Studies. The knowledge and experience she gained from City Vision applies to her work today at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, located in Boston, MA where she’s currently a Case Manager. Many of the hospital’s patients are from under-served populations, especially the homeless
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Shawna Fitz received a Certificate in Missions from City Vision University and graduated in 2009. Originally in the Addiction Studies program, she switched to Missions because it conveyed what she wanted to do – charitable work with Christ at the center. What she loves most about City Vision is the internship requirement. Not only do
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Raised by a single mother in Detroit and the Bronx, Bennie Caswell had his share of trials. In the early ‘90s he lost his teenage daughter to asthma, and his ex-wife soon after to cancer. This brought him to severe depression and an addiction to cocaine, heroin, alcohol, and prescription drugs. It wasn’t until the
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Brian Ostertag graduated with a B.S. in Addiction Studies from City Vision University (CVC). Not long before, he was homeless and lived near a rescue mission that was a member of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM). One morning, he went in for breakfast and the man at the door told him about one
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