Bowling Green University
We just got back from Bowling Green, Ohio where we played last night!
Chasing Elvis played three songs as a part of Crusade's seeker-oriented meeting. The topic they discussed for the night was entitled "Coffee Talk" and the topic of choice was "Why would a good God allow evil and suffering in the world?"
I'm sure you've never wrestled with that one :)
The meeting was much more casual and fun so that non-Christians would feel more comfortable being there. Two staff members sat in love seats on stage, sipping "coffee" (it was really water in coffee mugs) and talked about the topic in a conversational style to simulate a coffee shop type of environment.
Both shared some very personal experiences-one about a close friend's death and the other about a best friend's betrayal. They talked about the faith struggles they had in reconciling with God's purpose in these hard times and how they dealt with it. It seemed very natural to talk about and didn't sound too forced or preachy at all, which I think was really great and translated well to the audience there that night.
There were about 300-350 students there and about half of them were non-Christians! The staff said there were a lot of new faces and that a lot of the students there were part of the Greek community on campus. Praise God!
One really cool thing about what's happening with the Cru movement, is that the staff there are making their students leaders be actively involved in a non-Christian community or organization on campus and befriend non-Christians as part of their commitment to being a leader in the movement.
The staff "require" each student at the start of the school year to go and just make friends with non-Christians. For the first few months of the school year when they go out and witness, they are not allowed to bring any "Four Laws" booklets and are just there to make friends with non-Christians, share their lives with them, love them and build relationships.
Of course, the eventual goal is to see them brought to Christ, but the staff really want to emphasize the importance of loving them for who they are and sharing their lives with them, so that these non-Christians aren't just projects that they need to work on and convert into Christians.
They want their students to be "out there" in the world, being salt and light to their campus, and making a difference by being friends with the lost, first and foremost. That is amazing.
And after all, isn't that what Jesus would really do?
Chasing Elvis played three songs as a part of Crusade's seeker-oriented meeting. The topic they discussed for the night was entitled "Coffee Talk" and the topic of choice was "Why would a good God allow evil and suffering in the world?"
I'm sure you've never wrestled with that one :)
The meeting was much more casual and fun so that non-Christians would feel more comfortable being there. Two staff members sat in love seats on stage, sipping "coffee" (it was really water in coffee mugs) and talked about the topic in a conversational style to simulate a coffee shop type of environment.
Both shared some very personal experiences-one about a close friend's death and the other about a best friend's betrayal. They talked about the faith struggles they had in reconciling with God's purpose in these hard times and how they dealt with it. It seemed very natural to talk about and didn't sound too forced or preachy at all, which I think was really great and translated well to the audience there that night.
There were about 300-350 students there and about half of them were non-Christians! The staff said there were a lot of new faces and that a lot of the students there were part of the Greek community on campus. Praise God!
One really cool thing about what's happening with the Cru movement, is that the staff there are making their students leaders be actively involved in a non-Christian community or organization on campus and befriend non-Christians as part of their commitment to being a leader in the movement.
The staff "require" each student at the start of the school year to go and just make friends with non-Christians. For the first few months of the school year when they go out and witness, they are not allowed to bring any "Four Laws" booklets and are just there to make friends with non-Christians, share their lives with them, love them and build relationships.
Of course, the eventual goal is to see them brought to Christ, but the staff really want to emphasize the importance of loving them for who they are and sharing their lives with them, so that these non-Christians aren't just projects that they need to work on and convert into Christians.
They want their students to be "out there" in the world, being salt and light to their campus, and making a difference by being friends with the lost, first and foremost. That is amazing.
And after all, isn't that what Jesus would really do?
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Friday, March 02, 2007.
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