A Community of Misfits on a Mission

Recovering the Heart of Prayer: Terence Austria

Terence Austria is a Chicago native who attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with the intention of continuing on to law school. Upon graduating in 1991, he decided instead to become a college pastor at UIUC, developing a campus ministry committed to prayer, discipleship, and outreach.  In February 2016, he joined the staff of Salt & Light, a community development ministry committed to fighting poverty with dignity.