Welcome to "Raising the Conversation", a podcast brought to you by The MacRae Centre for Christian Faith & Culture at Acadia Divinity College. In Season 6, host Joel Murphy (Director) facilitates conversations surrounding our upcoming "Future of Innovation" focus. This effort will include a Field Guide (releasing April 27, 2026) and an online Discovery Series Event happening May 4 (https://events.zoom.us/ev/AkHl-Gy00CY.... This episode's guest is Andy Smits. Andy got involved with Power to Change - Students while a student first at Algonquin College, and then at Carleton University in Ottawa. Along with his wife Loni, he joined staff with Power to Change in 2003 and was sent to Montreal to be part of the team that launched the campus ministry in that city. After spending 17 focusing on reaching English and French students in Quebec with the gospel, Andy is now the National Director of Power to Change - Students. He is also the Executive Director of Next Generation and Future Trends.