My husband Tim joins me for this candid, refreshing, and hope-filled conversation with Brian and Emilie McCormack. Together they lead Breakaway Ministries with their family in College Station, TX. What started as a small gathering of college kids hungry for God's Word has grown into a Bible study of several thousand students that meets weekly in Reed Arena.
Whether you’re an Aggie, a former participant of Breakaway, or just want to hear some incredible updates from one of the biggest college campuses in the US, the McCormacks offer a unique perspective of revival and discipleship taking place at Texas A&M.
This one hits close to home for us, and today you’ll hear a little about how this ministry has had a direct impact on our family. We pick up the episode with Brian sharing the history and timeline of how Breakaway got started.
Social media: @brianmccormack, @emiliemccormack, @breakawaymin
Show Notes/Quotes:
“When we’re asked, 'What do we see?' The answer’s always the same, it’s just that we see hunger. There’s a wild hunger among this generation and among college students right now.”
“The opportunity is incredible, but the need and the urgency is just as big.”
“And she said - ‘I don’t know what happened, but I encountered God, and something in me changed.’”
“It’s God who’s doing the heavy lifting, we just get to plant the seeds and then, man, sometimes we get to see the fruit.”
“Statistically most people are deciding are they in or are they out when it comes to following Jesus in this 18-24 year-old range.”
“When I tell a couple thousand 20-year-olds, 'You are God’s primary delivery mechanism for the grace and hope and healing of God in this day and age and there is no plan B,' they kinda straighten up and are like, ‘Ok, what are we gonna do about that?’”
“Two words come to mind - questions, and confession.”
“I think the best thing a man can do is give his son a category for a man who is fully known by a few other men, and who are seeking God together.”
Reflections on seminary, “I feel more certain that Jesus is the hope of the world, and I feel like I know less than I started.”
“You have to have the living Word pouring into you.”
“It’s not just about information, but rather about transformation, and that transformation happens in God’s nearness…proximity is the remedy.”