What I enjoy the most is serving and sharing Christ with a diverse group of international students at UTD. God has helped me to witness lives being touched by Christ's love, and students walking out of our events with a new understanding of Christ.

There are two passages in the Bible that encourage me in my student ministry. One is the story of the Good Samaritan in which the Samaritan doesn't wait for the hurt person to find him, instead, he reaches him. This story helped me not to wait for the student to ask for any help (most of the South Asian students that come from shame and honor culture have difficulty asking for help), but to let the student know that I'm always available to serve them. Whether it's taking them to a grocery store, taking them for an interview, helping them with essential furniture (typical international students come with two suitcases), or spending time listening to them and sharing the Gospel through my testimony.

Another story is the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7:26. Everyone is welcome to come to Jesus regardless of their religious background; all one needs is to trust him. This story is very powerful while sharing with International students because I noticed most of them think that they have to do something or have to be born as a Christian to come to Christ. This story helps the students to know that all are welcome to trust Christ who has done it all

Email John at john.murthodi@texasbaptists.org

I work with international students at the University of Texas at Dallas. I absolutely love welcoming the nations that have come to Texas and letting them know that there are people who will love them, help them and connect them to the love of God! Here at UTD, there are 8,000 international students from more than 100 different countries. The world truly has come to this campus!

Through this work, I get to partner with my husband, who serves as the Baptist Student Ministry director at UT Dallas, and together we love to shepherd college students, whether they are from Texas or around the world. Our hope is that while they are on our college campus, we get to help lead students to discover more about how God has made them and the purpose He has for them. We desire to help these students grow into faithful disciples of Jesus who become disciple-makers wherever they go in life.

Email Kaitlin at kaitlin.warrington@gmail.com

Stephen serves as Associate Director for the Baptist Student Ministry at the University of Texas at Dallas. In his role, he promotes local church involvement in serving and reaching international students. He also serves as a Partnership Facilitator for a network of West Asian pastors and expatriate field workers, which includes promoting Scripture resources and coordinating funding for social media evangelism. Both roles allow Stephen to take teams overseas for cross cultural service opportunities.

Jacob leads the Wylie campus BSM and this his first year! Jacob has a degree in Animation from UT Dallas. Jacob recently married his wife, Emily! Jacob loves the outdoors and is an avid camper.

Sam born and grew up in a Christian family in East Asia.

He started serving in college student ministry during his bachelor season while he helped with youth and young adult ministry at church. 

After College, Sam committed to God’s calling and moved to Dallas, TX. Howdy! During the journey of seminary, Sam confirmed the Lord’s calling in Campus ministry, as he is always be touched by the transformation life of the believers. 

Now he got his Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, he decided to join the powerful ministry-Baptist Student Ministry. He can’t wait to see how the God’s spirit opens and move people’s hearts.

Oh, by the way, Sam loves animals. Please email him if you have a pet.

Email Samuel at samuel.wang@texasbaptists.org