dr. dykstra has been head of the endowment, he made grants totalling $1.8 billion. that's billion with a "b." >> there are countless ministers out there, thousands of them who i think are clearer in their vocation and more confident and would say they're more inspired doing more excellent work as a result of the program that craig and his colleagues put in place. >> in addition to helping veteran pastors, the endowment put a special emphasis on youth, helping young pastors learn the practical skills of ministry which are not the always taught in seminary. it created summer academies where bright high school students could study theology and consider becoming ministers, which many of them have done. beyond all these and other programs, the ultimate goal of dykstra and the endousment is the encouragement of what they call human flourishing. >> it's about what it means for fully alive as a human being. >> tom long is a professor of preaching and dr. dykstra's best friend. >> people flourish as people in a relationship to other people and to god and themselves in health

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