We tend to think of colleges and universities as centers of indoctrination. As we’ve seen time and time again, that characterization is spot-on for so many schools.
But there’s something else happening on some campuses across the country. One organization is leading thousands of students to Jesus.
John Stonestreet talked about it on Thursday’s Breakpoint podcast:
Unite US, an organization of students committed to spreading the Gospel on college campuses, has been holding evangelistic events across the country the past couple of years. At Auburn University, 5,000 people attended, and 200 were baptized. At Florida State, 310 people were baptized, and 1,000 responded to the altar call. At the University of Alabama, 260 were baptized. At the University of Tennessee, 8,000 people attended the rally, and 150 were baptized. At the University of Georgia, about 150 were baptized of the hundreds who responded to the invitation. Overall, the total number of students who responded to an invitation to accept Christ numbers in the thousands.
Last month, Unite US traveled to Ohio State, where students got baptized in tubs despite the cold weather. Other recent events took place at the University of Kentucky, Purdue University, and West Virginia University, and Unite US is traveling to Baylor University and Southern Methodist University in April.
Tonya Prewett, the founder of Unite US and the wife of Auburn basketball assistant coach Chad Prewett, told The Christian Post last year that the organization “was birthed from a vision God gave me after mentoring college students and hearing about their pain, anxiety, and depression.” She spoke with pastors and church leaders, and a movement was born. […]
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