Welcome to Vision7nine

If you are looking to ignite your passion for missions, you've come to the right place. This site houses a growing collection of mission-related resources we offer as well a some created by our strategic partners. As a division of The BodyBuilders, we thought you might want to get to know the bigger picture of who we are.

A Division of The BodyBuilders

The BodyBuilders is a non-profit, non-denominational, para church organization that seeks to mobilize and build up the Body of Christ. We provide training for many different ministries, churches, and denominations in the U.S. and overseas. Our objective is to provide each group and individual vision and equipping to help them be more effective in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Jesus said the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. The BodyBuilders was created not out of a desire to start another organization, but out of our desire to see more workers sent to the harvest. Our seminars, publications, and consulting were created out of necessity to fill a gap in the Body of Christ. We are not in the business of doing seminars or writing books. Our business is to do the most with the ideas and strengths the Lord has given us and to share them with others.

The BodyBuilders is all about assisting other ministries and Christians, building them up in particular areas so that they will be able to serve God more fully. In the end, it all comes back to our ultimate desire to see every tribe, tongue, and nation hear the Gospel and come to know Christ and glorify Him. We do that in our ministry, not by going out into the tribes, but by equipping and enabling others to do what they do better, so that they might play their role in the Great Commission.

Our mission is to provide vision and equipping to build up and mobilize the body of Christ to fulfill the Great Commission.

A key verse that defines our mission is Ephesians 4:12: "And He gave some…for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ."

History

The BodyBuilders began in 2001, after Steve turned the reins of Student Mobilization over to the next generation of leadership to allow him to get back to grass roots campus ministry, along with serving the Body of Christ as a minister at large. Steve is on staff with the United States Center for World Mission and serves as president of The BodyBuilders, providing seminars, consulting, and tools to Christians around the world.

Our Leadership

President
	Dr. Steve Shadrach has a passion for developing laborers for Christ to reach the world.  He has been involved with many different collegiate ministries, and has served as Pastor of Students and Missions at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, AR.  He is also the founder of Student Mobilization, which focuses on evangelizing and discipling college students in the U.S. and abroad, The Traveling Team, and The Bodybuilders ministry, seeking to “build up the body of Christ” through the development of seminars and publications.  Dr. Shadrach has a Masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Parachurch Executive Leadership from Denver Seminary.  He has written three books, The Fuel and the Flame: Ten Keys to Ignite Your Campus for Jesus Christ, Brown Like Coffee: For Students Who Think Outside the Box, and ViewPoints: Fresh Perspectives on Personal Support Raising.  Steve and his family reside in Fayetteville, AR, where he serves as the Director of Mobilization for the U.S. Center for World Mission.
Board of Directors
Clay Bell (Chairman of the Board) - Clay, his wife Kathy, and their three children live in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where Clay works for Northstar Partnering Group and is heavily involved in the Business as Mission movement.
Todd Wood - Todd, his wife Jane Ellen, and their four children live in Springdale, Arkansas where he is an attorney, real estate developer, and leader in Bible Study Fellowship.
Bret Hood - After graduating from the University of Arkansas, Bret and his wife Laura, went on staff with Student Mobilization. Later, he worked in pharmaceuticals before starting his own medical supplies and equipment company in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. They are active in their local church and their children's activities.
Greg Snapp - During his college years in the 80's, Greg attended a Kaleo Summer Training Program sponsored by Student Mobilization. Later, he became a stock broker for Edward Jones, and now is one of their vice presidents in St. Louis. Greg, his wife Marian, and their children are involved in a local church and many other ministry activities.
Scott Shadrach - Scott, his wife Karen, and their four boys, live in Austin, Texas. He is vice president of Amalto Technologies and involved at Austin Ridge Bible Church.
Steve Shadrach - Steve, his wife Carol, and four of their five children live in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he is on staff with the United States Center for World Mission and president of The BodyBuilders, Inc.
Board of Reference
1. Dr. Robert Lewis- Author, Founder of Men's Fraternity, Little Rock, AR.
2. Dr. Waylon Moore- Author, President of Missions Unlimited, Tampa, FL.
3. Dr. H.D. McCarty- Former Senior Pastor, University Baptist Church, Fayetteville, AR.
4. Dr. Ralph Winter- Author, Founder of U.S. Center for World Mission, Pasadena, CA.
5. Mr. Dave Dawson- The Navigators, Author of "Equipping the Saints", Greenville, TX.
6. Mr. David English- Campus Crusade for Christ, Fayetteville, AR.
7. Mr. Joe White- Author, President of Kanakuk Kamps, Branson, MO.
8. Mr. Curtis Tanner- Founder of Campus Outreach, Birmingham, AL.
9. Dr. Robert Cupp- Pastor of Fellowship Bible Church, Lowell, AR.
10. Mr. Noble Bowman- Leader and Speaker with Assembly of God and Chi Alpha Ministries, Springfield, MO.

Our Beliefs and Values

The Scriptures
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, and that the Old and New Testaments are supernaturally inspired, inerrant in the original writing, infallible, and the final authority for all Christian faith, life, and conduct for every age.

The Godhead
We believe in one God, the creator of all things, who is infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons -Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, without any change in His eternal Deity, became man, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men. We believe that Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a perfect and complete sacrifice, and that our justification is made sure by His shed blood and His literal physical resurrection from the dead. We believe that Jesus Christ ascended into heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where as our High Priest and Head of the Church, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate.

The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person whose ministry is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. We believe that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration at conversion, baptizing all believers into the Body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them until the Day of Redemption. We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Divine Teacher, who guides believers in all truth, and that He fills and empowers the believer for Godly living and service.

The Condition of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin, the entire race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. We believe that man is totally depraved, lost, and of himself completely unable to remedy his lost condition.

Salvation
We believe that salvation, with its' forgiveness of sins, its' importation of a new nature, and its' hope of eternal life, is entirely apart from good works, baptism, or man's effort. We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to men by grace and is received by a personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose atoning death and resurrection provide the ONLY ground of justification and salvation. We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept in God's power and thus secure in Christ forever. We also believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation as stated in God's Word, but to realize that sin may interrupt the joy of the believer's fellowship with God and bring the loving discipline of their Heavenly Father.

The Second Advent of Christ
We believe in the "Blessed Hope", the personal, imminent and premillenial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones, and in His subsequent return to earth, with His Saints, to establish His Millennial Kingdom.

The Church
We believe that the Church, which is the body and espoused Bride of Christ, is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit. We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures.

Satan
We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the author of sin, and cause of the fall. That he is the open and declared enemy of God and man, and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire.

The Eternal State
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to eternal judgment and everlasting punishment. We believe that the souls of the redeemed are at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await their resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord in the new heavens and the new earth. We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain after death, in conscious misery until their resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment.

Missions
We believe that it is the goal of every Christian to grow in spiritual maturity through obedience to the Word of God and the indwelling Spirit. Therefore we believe that it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and word, to the truths of the Scriptures, to seek to proclaim the gospel, and in turn make disciples, of all "nations".

Our Divisions

	Campus Ministry Toolbox is for college ministers and student leaders who are looking for resources to use in their campus/collegiate ministries.
	Support Raising Solutions seeks to help mission agencies and individual staff members in their personal support raising efforts.  We offer a training seminar called Personal Support Raising Boot Camp, a free monthly newsletter, and many publications/resources to help you get to your ministry assignment quickly.
	Revelation 7:9 says, "After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands."  Vision 7:nine seeks to help engage, equip, and connect believers to their most strategic role in completing the Great Commission through seminars and various publications.

Our Partners

The ministries that we are most closely connected to are:

	Student Mobilization StuMo is a collegiate ministry in the south-central U.S. Our purpose is to join God in building life-long laborers and sending them from the college campus to the world.
	The Traveling Team Ready for your world perspective to be challenged? This team of visionaries will help you see your role in Christ's global cause. The team shares its vision in large group meetings in campuses across the U.S., as well as working with students individually.
	Perspectives Do you know God's plan for the world...and your life? Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is a dynamic course where you'll have an opportunity to discover what God is doing around the world and consider your part in His purposes.
	Every Ethne Every Ethne is exists to engage, equip and connect college students to strategic involvement in God's Biblical purpose to bless all people groups through His son Jesus Christ. Our vision is to see God ignite a movement of college students that are consumed with a vision and passion to see every ethnic people group reached with the good news of Jesus Christ in this generation.

Visit Us

Center for Mission Mobilization, located in downtown Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville, Arkansas is strategically located in mid-America and is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Walmart® and other major corporations headquarter here. We are home to the University of Arkansas, the state’s flagship campus with an enrollment of 18,000 students. Internationals from around the world have moved here to study or work.

God has given us a very functional and flexible 9,000sq. ft. office building right on the Fayetteville square (near the University of Arkansas) with staff offices, work stations, conference and training rooms to help us create the synergy and teamwork we need to mobilize lay people, students, churches, and ministries across the U.S. — and beyond.