RESOURCE DIRECTOR

As the resource director Mickey does a lot of the regions budgeting/finances, marketing, support coaching for new and existing staff, trainings, event planning for the staff and students to attend, disciples students at IUPUI, etc

WOMEN’S DIRECTOR

As the Women’s Director Kearsten spend 50% of her time on IUPUI’s campus sharing Jesus with students who do not believe in Christianity and then spends the other 50% of her time traveling from campus to campus spending time with the staff women helping them flourish and thrive in ministry!

Contact Me: mickey.barnes@campusoutreach.org

kearsten.barnes@campusoutreach.org

Mickey and Kearsten have been serving with COI together since 2018.

Education: Mickey graduated from IUPUI in 2017. Kearsten graduated from Purdue in 2017.

Hometown: Mickey is from Centerville, Indiana. Kearsten is from Bartlett, Illinois.

Favorite Books: A Praying Life by Paul Miller, More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell & Sean McDowell, Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

Interests/Hobbies: We love going to the movies, working out, exploring new nature trails and parks, traveling, and exploring different coffee shops!

Favorite Verse: Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Mickey’s Testimony: “I did not grow up in a Christian family and my parents were divorced when I was about five. Neither my mom nor my dad ever talked about God or Jesus with me and we never attended church together. My family battled substance addiction, alcohol addiction, and were violent and I did not want to be like them. In college, my Freshman year, Jesus showed me who he was through his people. A student shared who Jesus was with me and I started investigating the claims of Christ. I eventually heard 2 Corinthians 5:21 which says, "For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God" and I learned that I was separated from God but he loved me enough to send Jesus to die for my sins and when I trust in Jesus I am forgiven. I accepted Jesus as my Lord in October 2013 and have enjoyed walking with him ever since.”

Kearsten’s Testimony: “I was raised in a moral home where church was not a regular activity. I completed Catholic sacraments through 8th grade then avoided religion completely. I pursued career success and a relationship which carried me through college. It was there that I met 3 Christian girls in my sorority that began to share the gospel with me. I viewed God as a rule giver and condemner and had a lot of questions. After investigating the claims of Christianity over 4 months, I understood I was a sinner that needed saving. February 22nd, 2015 I repented of my sins and trusted in the work of Jesus Christ for my salvation. It's been a joy to continue learning about our infinite God and help others know Him as people did for me.”