The Wilder Project by Erik Fish
January 21, 2009 by admin
The Wilder Project
Presented by Erik Fish and the Wilder Project National Team
Synopsis: You and a few of your friends can help make history.
Robert and Grace Wilder were a brother-sister team with a God-sized heart for the nations. While in college, they had prayed for God to move on campuses in a way that would bless the world. In 1887, Robert set out on an adventure with a few of his friends. Traveling on horseback to 162 college campuses, they made friends and inspired other students to answer the call to go to the ends of the earth for Jesus Christ. The fruit of their historic journey demonstrates the power of a God who works alongside the faith and actions of college students. 100,000 students signed the pledge that they were “willing and desirous” to go the foreign mission field. 20,000 went. Tens of thousands stayed home and supported their friends.
We believe the hour has come for a new student mission movement to spring from American campuses to the nations of the world.
Where do you see darkness? Where do you see suffering? What places do you see in the world that make you cry?” Are you willing to do something about it?
Today, we are calling American college students to once again rise to the challenge of tackling the world’s biggest problems with a faith in God and a willingness to volunteer their lives for the cause of Jesus.
To sound this call, we are inviting friends from around the country – students, ministries, and churches – to join together in a united effort to reach every campus in America with a call to prayer, evangelism, and mission. Join us as we share stories from our travels, answer questions, and inspire you and your friends to help make history.
Bio: Erik Fish really, really likes non-Christians. As the National Team Leader for Campus Church Networks, he directs this passion for the lost by training students to plant simple churches among non-Christian communities on college campuses. He also serves on the Campus America team (24-7 Prayer) as the leader of the Wilder Project. He describes the Wilder Project as “a ridiculous plan to mobilize traveling teams to every college campus in America in the next two years, mobilizing prayer, evangelism, and missions.”
Erik and his wife Jen have four children and live in Lawrence, KS where they have been working this last year among Native American students at Haskell University. Email wilder@campusamerica.org for more information.
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This is a cool update on the wilder project:
Hi friends -
I’m writing this message from the University of California Los Angeles… I’m here with Ryan Riggs, Erik & Jen Fish and their four kids! In case you haven’t heard the story, basically we felt God ask us to hit the road and travel from campus to campus with prayer and the stories of Jesus.
As we’ve been obedient to go, we’ve seen Jesus do crazy things!! We’re seeing students come together for prayer and lost students giving their lives to follow Jesus. Last week we were in Las Vegas…prayer and worship happened in the cafeteria and several places around campuses, international students heard the gospel, and a few different students gave their lives to Jesus.
There is no special trick, no method or formula - we’re just friends who love Jesus and want to see the kingdom come. So we go and pray and make friends and tell the stories of how Jesus has changed us to anyone who will listen!
Just a couple of hours, a football player here at UCLA made a decision to follow Jesus because students got bold with their faith, because someone was praying, and because someone reached out to him and gave him the gospel! Tonight we’re gathering with students who feel called to pray…
Check out videos, stories, and pictures at blogwilder.com!!
And here’s the invitation - you can go too!! Grab a few friends and start praying. Take a trip this weekend or find a campus that has a spring break that’s different than yours. Bust out a guitar and worship in the middle of campus. Eat in the cafeteria and start talking to random people. Ask them if they’ve ever encountered God and then tell them how you have. Ask if you can pray for them. Keep your ears open for other believers who may need encouraged. Send your stories and pics to yourstory@blogwilder.com and we’ll post ‘em on the site!
And while you’re planning to go, get a little wilder with Jesus this week. Keep your eyes peeled for students on your campus who need to hear that God loves them.
Guys, the doors are wide open! THIS is eternal life right here and now!!! The kingdom of heaven is near!!
much love from sunny California,
Lindsay
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, PRAY earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. GO your way”
So absolutely exciting to see this happening. Hope we can work together to see student missions movements burst out across the nation.