Steve Shadrach has a passion for Jesus Christ and the spread of the gospel around the world. In 1986, he founded Student Mobilization, a non-denominational campus ministry purposing to "raise up laborers for Christ from the college campuses of the world." As he led the staff, he recognized the tremendous need to provide excellent training to enable them to be successful in their support raising.

Like 70% of the world's full time Christian workers, Steve also is living and ministering with his own personal support team. He, his wife Carol and five children have been on support since 1986, and he still proclaims, "I wouldn't want to live any other way!"

After Steve turned the leadership of Student Mobilization over to the next generation, he formed a new ministry called The BodyBuilders, allowing him to speak, train and consult with ministries and churches around the world. Their purpose is to "provide vision and equipping to build up and mobilize the Body of Christ to fulfill the Great Commission."

Steve and Scott Morton

After working with staff from many different ministries around the country, Steve and his team realized one of the greatest obstacles Christian workers face is how to fund their vision. As a result, Scott Morton, Vice President of Development for The Navigators, assisted Steve in developing a seminar (called Personal Support Raising Boot Camps) that gives detailed, practical training in support raising. Steve and Scott both have a passion for helping Christian workers report to their assignment quickly and fully funded.

Education and Ministry Background
Steve Shadrach graduated with an administration management degree from the University of Arkansas where he was involved with Campus Crusade, The Navigators and his local church. After spending his college summers as head counselor at Kanakuk Kamps, he attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary. Steve became Pastor of Students and Missions at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas where he taught at the Arkansas Institute of Theology, started Kaleo Summer Projects, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement courses and Haystack Missions Conferences.

After he and his family spent a year in Ukraine, helping to establish a campus ministry, he launched the Day of Discovery World Missions Seminars (now Nvision) and the nationwide missions mobilization effort called The Traveling Teams. He completed his Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Para Church Executive Leadership at Denver Seminary, just finished his first book (The Fuel and the Flame: Ten Keys to Ignite Your Campus for Jesus Christ) and writes a monthly article for Focus on the Family (www.boundless.org). He serves as the Director of Mobilization for the U.S. Center for World Mission, where he oversees the Perspectives course movement and the Global Kingdom Community Campaign. Steve and his family live in Fayetteville, Arkansas.