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At Impact 360 we talk about big questions related to God, the Bible, culture, and how to live as a faithful Christian in today’s cultural context.

Propel specifically focuses on discipleship, leadership, and influence. This experience is different because it prepares each student with the tools they need to engage their community as Christ-centered leaders.

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Building Resilient Disciples

At Impact 360 Propel you can expect to:

  1. Discover a safe place to ask tough questions and share honest doubts.
  2. Experience real community with other truth-seekers.
  3. Gain the confidence to follow Jesus boldly in high school, college, and beyond.
  4. Be discipled in small groups led by an incredible staff team fully committed to living out their faith.
  5. Experience a smaller learning environment where you will get more personal interaction with faculty, staff, and other students.
  6. Be equipped to influence those around you for Christ.
  7. Find your unique place in the story God is writing.

Session Topics

1. Engaging Culture with a Biblical Worldview 2. Identifying False Christianity 3. How to be a Christian in an Age of Social Media 4. How to Make Disciples 5. Christ-centered Identity 6. Learn and Practice Spiritual Disciplines 7. Becoming an Influential Leader

Engaging Culture with a Biblical Worldview

A worldview is the lens which you view everything through, it’s how you make sense of reality.

What is your worldview? How do you know if it’s true? In this session we will dive deep into the biblical worldview and we will begin to examine other worldviews and see how they stand up to reality.

Identifying False Christianity

Learn how to identify false Christianity, and how to differentiate from what is true and what is not by asking good questions. In this module we specifically dive into the topic of Progressive Christianity, what it is, and how significantly it differs from historic Christianity.

How to be a Christian in an Age of Social Media

In an age of outrage, how do you guard your heart on social media? How can you use social media well? What are some important tools for teens to have as they engage on social.

How to Make Disciples

The great commission is for every Christ-follower to participate in. We train our students to make disciples and create an environment of discipleship where the things of God become good and normal around them.

Christ-centered Identity

What does it actually mean to have our “identity” in Christ? Learn about this reality, and examine ways that this truth still needs to permeate other areas of your life.

Learn and Practice Spiritual Disciplines

Learn about spiritual disciplines and how to practice them. Spiritual disciplines are not a way to make God happy with us. He already love us unconditionally. Spiritual disciplines are a way for us to connect with God. They are habits that we create to keep us remain connected.

Becoming an Influential Leader

We define leadership as influence. Everyone has some sort of influence, and therefore everyone is a leader. How do you plan to leverage your influence? In this module we unpack leadership and influence and create a plan for influence in our community. Watch the video below to hear from our Fellows on their view of leadership

Staff

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Jonathan Morrow
Director, Cultural Engagement and Student Discipleship

Jonathan Morrow

Jonathan has been equipping students and parents in biblical worldview, apologetics and culture for over 16 years, and is passionate about seeing a new generation build a lasting faith. He holds a Master of Divinity, Master in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, and a Doctorate in Worldview and Culture from Talbot School of Theology. He is the director of cultural engagement and student discipleship at Impact 360 Institute and an adjunct professor of apologetics at Biola University. He is author of several books, including Welcome to College, Questioning the Bible, and Is God Just a Human Invention? He contributed to the Apologetics Study Bible for Students. He is the creator of the 5 Things Every Teenager Needs to Build a Lasting Faith course for parents and Your Worldview Minute podcast. Jonathan and his wife have been married for 20 years and live with their three children near Atlanta. Connect with him at jonathanmorrow.org 
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Shea Foster
Program Coordinator, Summer Experiences and 3 Initiative

Shea Foster

Program Coordinator, Summer Experiences and 3 InitiativeT: 706-237-9073[email protected]100 Impact Cir, Pine Mountain, Ga 31822
Landry Hodge
Program Specialist, Summer Experiences and 3 Initiative
Christian Wizieck
Program Specialist, Summer Experiences and 3 Initiative
Dakota Powell
Program Specialist, Summer Experiences and 3 Initiative

Instructors

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Brett Kunkle
Maven

Brett Kunkle

Brett Kunkle is the founder and president of MAVEN, a movement to equip the next generation know truth, pursue goodness and create beauty. He has more than 25 years of experience working with junior high, high school, and college students. He was a youth pastor in Southern California and in the Denver area for 11 years and was the Student Impact Director for Stand to Reason for 14 years. Brett has developed a groundbreaking approach to mission trips, creating a one-of-a-kind experience that immerses participants in real-life engagement in apologetics, theology, worldview and evangelism in Berkeley, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition, Brett is a Teaching Fellow at the Impact 360 Institute. Brett is an author, contributing to numerous articles and books. He wrote the Ambassadors Guide to Mormonism, was an associate editor for the Apologetics Study Bible for Students and co-authored A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World. He received his Master’s degree in philosophy of religion and ethics from Talbot School of Theology. Brett lives with his wife and kids in Southern California.
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Dr. Kathy Koch
Author and Speaker

Dr. Kathy Koch

Dr. Kathy Koch (pronounced “cook”) is the Founder of Celebrate Kids, Inc. She offers practical and spiritually centered insights to help parents and educators increase hope in God and guide children to develop biblical character and healthy relationships.

Dr. Kathy speaks for Christian schools and churches and partners to teach with organizations like The American Association of Christian Counselors, Summit Ministries, The Colson Center, and Focus on the Family. She has authored seven books, including 8 Great Smarts and Screens and Teens. She earned a PhD from Purdue University and was tenured as an associate professor before founding Celebrate Kids in 1991. Her faith in Jesus is the foundation of her ministry.

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Jerrod Gunter
Next Generation Pastor, New Direction Christian Church

Jerrod Gunter

Jerrod Gunter has always had a heart for the youth, especially in the area of development and equipping students to be successful in every phase of life. He has developed several ministry programs, and consults and trains with youth ministries to encourage students to be empowered through leadership, discipleship and their creative God-given gifts. He has shared his passion and perception of youth ministry with leaders at organizations such as Google, Stuff You Can Use, Dare 2Share Ministries and Center for Youth Ministry Training. Jerrod Gunter is the Next Generation Pastor at New Direction Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. At New Direction, Jerrod initiated a youth movement called “Riot Starters” which equips students to take prayer and evangelism to their schools and communities. As a result of “Riotstarters,” Jerrod’s teens have become devoted Christ-followers and hundreds of unsaved students have put their faith in Jesus. Jerrod teaches at Impact 360 Propel- our one-week Leadership and Discipleship training experience.      
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Katie McCoy
Author and Blogger

Katie McCoy

Katie McCoy is the author of To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity and How Christians Can Respond (B&H Publishing, 2023). She holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (TX), where she served on faculty for five years. Katie's research includes the patterns of justice for women in Old Testament laws as well as the intersection of theology, gender, and women's studies. She serves as Director of Women’s Ministry at Texas Baptists. When she’s not teaching, writing, or YouTubing, you can usually find her baking …or maybe just making a mess in the kitchen. Katie is an “adopted” Texan and serves a Dallas-based, Christian nonprofit. She is also a political news junkie, and considers The Container Store one of her happy places.
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Jonathan Morrow
Director, Cultural Engagement and Student Discipleship

Jonathan Morrow

Jonathan has been equipping students and parents in biblical worldview, apologetics and culture for over 16 years, and is passionate about seeing a new generation build a lasting faith. He holds a Master of Divinity, Master in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, and a Doctorate in Worldview and Culture from Talbot School of Theology. He is the director of cultural engagement and student discipleship at Impact 360 Institute and an adjunct professor of apologetics at Biola University. He is author of several books, including Welcome to College, Questioning the Bible, and Is God Just a Human Invention? He contributed to the Apologetics Study Bible for Students. He is the creator of the 5 Things Every Teenager Needs to Build a Lasting Faith course for parents and Your Worldview Minute podcast. Jonathan and his wife have been married for 20 years and live with their three children near Atlanta. Connect with him at jonathanmorrow.org 
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Shea Foster
Program Coordinator, Summer Experiences and 3 Initiative

Shea Foster

Program Coordinator, Summer Experiences and 3 InitiativeT: 706-237-9073[email protected]100 Impact Cir, Pine Mountain, Ga 31822
Benji Baker
Manager, Summer Experiences and 3 Initiative

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