The heart behind our camp is to "switch" perspective of mission from simply being a set of dates on a calendar, one or two times a year, to being a yearlong and lifelong purpose for students.
What if this generation lived for the supremacy and the renown of Jesus and desired no attention or credit?
Pastor of Worship at The Austin Stone Community Church - Aaron Ivey believes that all worship is a response to a creative and compelling God. Serving as a worship pastors at The Austin Stone, Aaron now views touring ministry as an extension of what goes on within a vibrant, healthy local church. With a passion for living out God’s word, compassion for God’s children, and a deep, abiding love of God, Aaron and his bandmates are challenging a generation of believers to take their experiences in corporate worship out into the world, to marry song with service.
Aaron and his wife Jamie, along with their children Cayden, Amos, Deacon and Story all live in the St. John community.
Worship Leader at The Austin Stone Community Church - Jimmy McNeal has a sincere desire for the body of Christ to devote their whole lives to worshiping God not only inside, but outside the walls of the church building. Jimmy's energy and passion for God is contagious, and he leads out of an overflow of his love for Jesus. Serving as one of the Worship Leaders at The Austin Stone Community Church, God continues to challenge him and his bandmates to live out the call He has placed on their lives through love, service, and missional living.
Jeff Mangum, Area Minister and Campus Pastor at The Austin Stone Community Church - Jeff grew up as a pastor’s kid in Georgetown, Texas where he was surrounded by a Godly family but, in college, he was confronted with the reality that he had been living off of the spiritual fumes of his family. Through a turbulent season of depression and introspection, God revealed Himself mightily to Jeff.
Today, Jeff serves The Austin Stone in the areas of preaching, pastoral counseling, and Missional Community leadership. Christy and Jeff have been blessed with three great kids – Paige, Tyler and Claire.