John Wega

Addison Roberts
CRL 233 Developing Outreach and Discipleship Programs
Instructor Gerry Stoltzfoos
1/18/2009

This week’s guest speaker was John Wega. John is the founder and head officer of the United States Christian Commission, an organization which provided medical care and met temporal needs of soldiers who fought in America’s Wars. John’s specific area of interest with the USCC was their work in the Civil War. He realized that there were untold stories of men of the USCC that had given the services mentioned above during the Civil War. He researched the history and revived the USCC as an organization that tells their story and is evangelical in nature. He tells tourist of a Christian organization in which volunteers gave of themselves and relates it to a story of a Savior who gave of himself. It really is a great ministry.
The most interesting thing about the ministry was that it was mostly history based. Jesus adds the perfect salt to these HISTORICAL stories. Wega has done a tremendous job at meeting people with the Gospel in their element and not forcing non-believers to come into his. My only concern was the shortness of leaders behind this man’s tremendous vision.