SRT INFORMATION

This 3-day SRT (Support Raising Training) seminar is held annually to help Chi Alpha staff have a vision for fundraising and to give them the skills to raise funds. "Missions takes money," and we want to help you be wildly successful in raising funds for the work of the ministry. Over the course of the weekend we will help train and equip you with a Biblical perspective on building a team of prayer and financial partners. SRT attendees will learn how to connect with and mobilize the partners needed to accomplish the mission you are passionate about. The Great Lakes SRT is designed to help you get ready to raise your missionary budget. 

Who all will the SRT benefit?
  • People heading to a CMiT (Campus Missionary in Training) program
  • People preparing for the Give-A-Year experience as an MA (Missionary Associate)
  • Students raising funds for Spring Break and Summer missions trips
  • Missionaries outside of Chi Alpha who have not raised their budgets yet
  • People who have never received support raising training for missions efforts

The Great Lakes SRT seminar will begin at 3pm EST on Friday, April 10, 2026.
​The seminar will end around 4pm EST on Sunday April 12, 2026.

Successful completion of the SRT seminar includes attendance at all of the April 10-12 weekend sessions and the completion of the VSR (Vertical Support Raising) training by 11:59 pm EST on Monday, April 6, 2026. Expect 10-12 hours of pre-work on VSR.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

SRT SEMINAR LOCATION

Cornerstone Christian Fellowship
2655 Adams Street
Bloomington, IN 47403

OUR FACULTY

Mark Bettinger

Mark Bettinger is a nationally appointed U.S. missionary serving with Chi Alpha on the secular university. Mark previously worked in the medical field for 12 years and has served in some capacity in college campus ministry since 1995. Mark and his family served as missionaries in South Africa working with the Sepedi people from 2013-2014. After returning to the US in 2014 and doing the CMIT at the University of Louisiana - Lafayette, Mark and his wife Jenn pioneered Chi Alpha at Eastern Illinois University and and then served as the Illinois District Director.  Mark now serves as the People & Health Specialist for the 190 staff across the Great Lakes Chi Alpha Region. Mark and his wife Jenn have been married since 2004 and they have 3 teenage children - Mady, Samuel and Hannah. They reside in Maryville, IL.

Brian Bishop

Brian and Angie Bishop are nationally appointed U.S. missionaries with Chi Alpha.  In 2006 they helped pioneer a Chi Alpha ministry at UW-Oshkosh and were on staff there for 8 years.  During those years, they served as the worship ministers and discipled many young men and women. ​There was always an overwhelming desire to see the ministry of Chi Alpha expand throughout the state of Wisconsin, and so with a call from God they began a pioneering effort at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.  In 2016, they transitioned their ministry to UW-Green Bay. Brian has helped train missionaries across the nation in support raising and has developed a referral program that has helped many existing missionaries stay in the field.