One of Alabama Baptists’ youth “guys,” Kyle Wiltshire, is leaving his post at the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) to work with students on a national scale.
Wiltshire, an associate in the SBOM’s office of collegiate and student ministries for the past three years, will be the new summer staff coordinator for World Changers and PowerPlant, a student mobilization initiative, effective Sept. 1. Both ministries were recently transferred from the North American Mission Board to LifeWay Christian Resources.
“I love the process of discipleship with teens,” he said. “I love teaching students who are willing and eager to learn and grow in their faith.” In his new role, Wiltshire will recruit, organize and train summer staff (college volunteers) for positions like music leader and missions communications specialist for World Changers and PowerPlant. “[The college volunteers] serve all summer, but in the process, they learn what it means to be more like Christ. … It’s a pretty cool [opportunity as summer staff coordinator to get to] see so many lives being changed,” he said.
At the SBOM, Wiltshire worked with youth ministers across the state, participated in training conferences for youth ministers, helped organize the annual Youth Evangelism Conference and was involved in Super Summer Alabama (a leadership and discipleship camp for students), which was one of his favorite responsibilities.
“Kyle is a very gifted young man who has contributed well to the cause of reaching young people for Christ and in our efforts of equipping them in the faith pilgrimage,” SBOM Executive Director Rick Lance said.
“Kyle will be missed by his fellow state missionaries. He endeared himself to us all while he served alongside us in state missions.” (TAB)
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