1000s of students turning to Jesus

Although the American university culture has typically been neutral or hostile to the Christian message, in the last few months thousands of college students have been turning to Jesus.

I personally experienced the neutral-toward-hostile culture in my masters and doctoral work in music. A friend of mine, a history professor at University of Colorado at Boulder, was censured and eventually fired because of his Christian beliefs.

So it has come as a great delight to me to learn that thousands of college students are turning to Christ. Americans who stay current with the news through traditional sources probably are unaware of the mighty movement of God among college students. For example, at one rally, students lined up in sub-freezing weather to be baptized in a tub in the back of a rented truck.

The American universities involved included University of Kentucky, Ohio State, Auburn University, Florida State, and the University of Georgia. On the forefront of the movement seems to be Unite US, an organization dedicated to “salvation, freedom, and community,” according to its website.

In one of my own churches that my wife and I attend each Sunday, Grace Community Church of Tempe, Arizona, the attendance at the midweek college meetings has grown from a handful to hundreds of students, praying, singing, and responding to the message of Jesus.

In the lives of many young people, God is winning the philosophical battle for souls.