SYDNEY A

RESIDENT

Sydney Akins is entering her sixth year serving with BreakDown STL and is excited for a God-soaked, faith-building, and joy-filled ministry year. During her time on the BreakDown STL Ministry Leadership Team, she served four years as a Peer Mobilizer, three years as Prayer Team Lead, and one year as Peer Mobilizer & OutReach Co-Captain.

As a BreakDown STL alumna, Sydney now has the incredible privilege of serving as BreakDown STL's first-ever Resident. In this pioneering role, she will serve on staff for the next two years, investing in the next generation through discipleship, leadership development, and ministry alongside the BreakDown STL staff. She considers it an incredible blessing to continue pouring into a ministry that has so deeply impacted her own life.

Through BreakDown STL, Sydney's life has been transformed by the Lord. The ministry has deepened her relationship with Jesus, strengthened her leadership, and equipped her to disciple others with confidence, compassion, and intentionality. She is passionate about helping students discover their identity in Christ and faithfully live out the calling God has placed on their lives.

Outside of BreakDown STL, Sydney serves in leadership at her church and enjoys spending time with family and friends, dancing, running, and being outdoors in God's creation. She is expectant to see how the Lord will continue to move through BreakDown STL and is honored to play a part in what He is doing in the lives of the next generation.