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                                                                                                                                                 IND.  Sincere.  Strong. Talented.  Friendly.  Christ-like.




                                                                                                                                                      These are all words that can apply to Chad Mullinix.



                                                                                                                                                            He is involved in outreach ministries and strives to




                                                                                                                                                               help others.  He came to know the Lord at a young




                                                                                                                    age.  “The Lord blessed me by placing me in a Christian family.



                                                                                                                    Growing up in the covenant community, consistently revealed and




                                                                                                                    extended to me the grace found in Jesus Christ.  This gracious



                                                                                                                    Gospel evidenced itself through the preaching of Gods Word, as




                                                                                                                                                                                                        well as through the lives of my fam­



                                                                                                                                                                                                        ily and friends.  When I was almost




                                                                                                                                                                                                        five years old, sitting at the breakfast



                                                                                                                                                                                                        table, the Lord drew me to Himself,




                                                                                                                                                                                                        revealing my sinfulness and the



                                                                                                                                                                                                        grace I so desperately needed.  Im­




                                                                                                                                                                                                        mediately, I went to my dad and



                                                                                                                                                                                                        asked him to pray with me.  I re­



       76                                                                                                           member confessing my sin and my need of God’s saving grace




                                                                                                                   while kneeling with my dad  in front of an old, yellow chair in our




                                                                                                                    living room. While my oatmeal became cold and hard, the Lord



                                                                                                                    softened my heart to the truth of the Gospel.”

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         ca                                                                                                                         Great people have usually been influenced by someone else




                                                       ^ discussed                                                  that is great.  Chad said, “My family certainly has influenced my

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         n*                                                                                                         life. My mom and dad have faithfully taught me the principles of





         on                            the possibility o f                                                          Scripture over the years.  I’m indebted to them for that. Every


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         P                                                                                                          night before we went to bed we would gather for family Scripture

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         H)                                                                                                         reading and prayer.  Two guys Irom CCC who greatly influenced

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         C/i                                                                                                        my life were Tom Yu and Glenn Fisher.  I spent a lot of time with

                               a  Taekwondo school.

                                                                                                                   Tom and Glenn joking, talking theology, and praying. What an




                                      Through this,  we                                                            encouragement they have been to me!”








                                       have the hope o f

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Chad  hanging  out


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        with  his  roommates,

                                    building relation­                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stephen  Peterson



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and  Ryan  Daley.


                                       ships in order to


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Every  Wednesday


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        night,  Chad  leads  a
                                        share the gospel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                group  of  students




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        that  go  to  the  West

                                       with people in a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bay  Nursing  home,



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        playing his guitar and


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        singing.  He  even
                                       community and

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        writes  some  of  the


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        songs himself.

                                  even direct them to







                                         a local church.
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