A calling to the colleges and universities of America to pray
Campus America is a simple call for a connected, unbroken Year of Prayer in 2010 on every college and university campus in the U.S., to give every student the opportunity to experience the presence of Jesus.
It’s an invitation to a generation that really could change the course of many thousands of lives, impacting the poor, and spreading the good news about Jesus.
Five years ago, God spoke clearly to Pete Greig and David Blackwell about calling the campuses of America to pray. From that time, the number of 24-7 prayer rooms on campuses in the States began to multiply (at last count, 24-7 Prayer had already impacted 20% of campuses). The stories emerging from these prayer rooms were often extraordinary. Lives were changed, students encountered the presence of God, there was great creativity and people who weren’t Christians met Christ in these prayer rooms too. “The idea of seeing these prayer rooms multiply on every campus in the U.S. seems thrilling and terrifying,” says Pete Greig. “Exciting because we have reason to believe it could impact the nation. Terrifying because this thing is utterly impossible unless God makes it happen.”
The challenges of America's campuses are severe and urgent. The most recent research by Gallup indicates that there are 74% fewer confessing Christians on America ’s campuses than in the population at large. Unless something happens quickly, the Church in America will be almost decimated within this generation. And it’s not just about filling pews. It’s about the Gospel of Jesus impacting the poorest people in the world and it’s about tomorrow’s leaders being shaped by a Biblical world view, and it’s about universities themselves remembering their own Christian roots.
It’s an invitation to a generation that really could change the course of many thousands of lives, impacting the poor, and spreading the good news about Jesus.
Five years ago, God spoke clearly to Pete Greig and David Blackwell about calling the campuses of America to pray. From that time, the number of 24-7 prayer rooms on campuses in the States began to multiply (at last count, 24-7 Prayer had already impacted 20% of campuses). The stories emerging from these prayer rooms were often extraordinary. Lives were changed, students encountered the presence of God, there was great creativity and people who weren’t Christians met Christ in these prayer rooms too. “The idea of seeing these prayer rooms multiply on every campus in the U.S. seems thrilling and terrifying,” says Pete Greig. “Exciting because we have reason to believe it could impact the nation. Terrifying because this thing is utterly impossible unless God makes it happen.”
The challenges of America's campuses are severe and urgent. The most recent research by Gallup indicates that there are 74% fewer confessing Christians on America ’s campuses than in the population at large. Unless something happens quickly, the Church in America will be almost decimated within this generation. And it’s not just about filling pews. It’s about the Gospel of Jesus impacting the poorest people in the world and it’s about tomorrow’s leaders being shaped by a Biblical world view, and it’s about universities themselves remembering their own Christian roots.
