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The Chimes

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The Chimes

“Called” through the lens

Students worshipping in the 2025 Cook Missions Conference at the Chase Gymnasium
The 95th Annual Clyde and Anna Belle Cook Missions Conference as seen in pictures.
Katie Ragains, Photo Editor April 1, 2025

The 2025 Cook Missions Conference hosted seven speakers, featured worship led by Circuit Riders Music, and exhorted students to look at the Great Commission as something that is not optional. Here is what it looked like.  As students fill Chase Gymnasium and find their seats, each session starts...

Missions Conference breakout highlights

Breakout session in Calvary Chapel
Highlights of a few breakout sessions from Missions Conference 2025

Biola’s Missions Conference 2025 invited missionaries from all around the world to speak at this year’s breakout sessions. Here’s some highlights from a few breakouts. “THE NINEVEH PROTOCOL AND THE GREAT ADMISSION” In a breakout session on Mar. 19, a missionary talked about how God slowly...

Missions Conference 2025 day two and three recap

John Mark Comer speaking in session six of Missions Conference
Worship, discipleship, and the call to mission

Day two of Missions Conference 2025 dawned with worship from orchestra and a medley of global voices singing praise together. SESSION FOUR Yasmin Pierce from Circuit Riders spoke on the importance of living as a Christian called to daily ministry compelled by love instead of duty or obligation. “Living...

Missions Conference 2025 day one recap

Phone prop on podium as a reminder of the "Called" Missions Conference theme
A bold awakening at the 2025 Cook Missions Conference
Emanuel Gomez, Olivia Kam, and Shelby LaPorte March 22, 2025

Wednesday, Mar. 19 marked the first day of the 2025 Cook Missions Conference at Biola University. The line to Chase Gymnasium swelled with anticipation, stretching past Fluor Fountain to the Biola Library, and the room was quickly filled with Biolans. Tim Kim, resident director of Alpha Hall, offered...

Jesus mural veiled as Missions Conference sparks conversation with “What if you never heard?”

A black tarp covers over the infamous Jesus Mural at the center of Biola's campus two days before SMU's Missions Conference begins. March 3, 2025.
SMU builds anticipation for Missions Conference by covering the Jesus mural two days in advance.
Emanuel Gomez, Staff Writer March 17, 2025

Biolans awoke this morning to an unexpected campus development: the landmark Jesus mural is gone. All that remains is a black veil with a single question: “What if you never heard?” The Jesus Mural, a 40-foot tall depiction of Jesus Christ by American mural painter Kent Twitchell entitled "THE...