When Hayden was a student at the University of Alabama, she met some of Christ’s “ambassadors” at the Baptist Campus Ministries.
She became a believer.
And then she became an ambassador for Christ herself.
“I served on mission in several different countries short term throughout my years as a college student,” Hayden said. “And now the love of Christ compels me to go and serve Muslim women overseas.”
She’s currently discerning what part of the world the Lord might be calling her to, and she would love prayers for wisdom. She shared that testimony with those gathered at the Tuesday evening session of the Alabama Baptist State Convention on Nov. 11 at Whitesburg Baptist Church in Huntsville.
The conference theme — Compelled, taken from 2 Corinthians 5:14 — summed up Hayden’s journey, and about 20 others joined her on the stage to share their own stories of heading into new areas of ministry.
All introduced themselves one by one and shared that they were “compelled by the love of Christ to be His ambassador” in the place where they serve now or will serve soon.
They ranged from international missionaries to church planters to associational missions strategist.
“Father, we praise you for the wide variety of your call to life and ministry,” Craig Carlisle, Alabama Baptist State Convention president, prayed after they shared. “Wherever they’re going and whatever they’re doing, they’re going where you placed them.”
As part of the evening, those present also heard a message from Jeff Iorg, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, and music from the Whitesburg choir, led by retired worship pastor Rick Stone.
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