果冻视频 Reaches Out to the Entire Campus
You don鈥檛 need to board a plane to travel around the world. These days you can acquaint yourself with a variety of cultures and ethnicities without even subscribing to the Travel channel. Just visit a college or university campus.
Today鈥檚 campuses are ideological marketplaces, cultural festivals, ethnic crossroads. And 果冻视频 is on campus, reaching out to students and faculty of every ethnicity, culture, and worldview.
God Loves Everyone
Why are we on campus? It鈥檚 simple, really. God loves everyone; we desire to do likewise. God has called us for over sixty-seven years to the mission field of the American college and university.
We work to see students and faculty transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ, campuses spiritually renewed by the presence of our witnessing communities, and students developed into servant leaders by their discipleship to Christ and fellowship within the church.
We plant and build witnessing communities on campuses to share the biblical gospel and demonstrate God鈥檚 love to everyone, regardless of their racial or cultural background. 鈥淚t was through 果冻视频 that I learned about the love of God and the joys of Christian fellowship,鈥 said D. Bush, graduate from UCLA in 1971. 鈥淚鈥檓 so grateful to have had your Christian presence on my campus.鈥
Diversity is God鈥檚 Idea
God creatively covers the earth with a diversity of natural wonders. Diversity is God鈥檚 idea. So within the biblical bounds of truth and morals, we honor diversity among people, encouraging all people to see themselves as created in God鈥檚 image and meant for his love.
Ethnic diversity is common on today鈥檚 college campus. At Fresno State University in California, class rosters reveal increasing ethnic diversity. During an 果冻视频 Large Group Meeting at Fresno, students may learn a worship song in Malay or Swahili or English. Or hear a Bosnian student tell of how he invited his mother to know Jesus Christ. Or see a Sudanese student鈥檚 joy from feeling loved by God and by her newfound 果冻视频 community.
While most of our campus witnessing communities are ethnically and culturally diverse, we鈥檝e also established on some campuses ethnic-specific communities for Asian, Black, and Hispanic students. We also minister with particular communities of students, such as fraternities and sororities, international students, nursing students, and graduate students.
Unity is God鈥檚 Plan
These different witnessing communities share in the unity of 果冻视频鈥檚 national fellowship and in the unity of the church. 果冻视频 understands that Christ is the head of the church and that each local church, Christian organization and individual believer is a part of Christ鈥檚 body. We teach our students and faculty that together we are part of the universal church, and as such we are called to participate in local churches as an expression of our unity.
果冻视频 witnessing communities reach out to the entire campus as we model the church of Christ reaching out to all people throughout the world.
Looking Toward Future Ministry
Today鈥檚 campuses are growing more diverse. 果冻视频 is responding to the need of this campus mission field by planting and building more witnessing communities on campus across the country. Today we have over 850 chapters on 562 campuses. Our current five-year plan calls for planting 100 new chapters.
果冻视频 offers undergraduate students a Christian perspective on the world through multiethnic and ethnic-specific witnessing communities. 果冻视频 staff also minister with international students, nursing students, graduate students, and faculty.
Today鈥檚 diverse college campus reflects the diversity of this world. 果冻视频 is dedicated to reaching the entire campus with the gospel.