DAVID HERMES — II served on the campus of GMU for several years as a lay minister before entering a full-time role. During this time, I figured out a lot of ways to not have anyone show up at a Bible study, four or five ways to not run a large group meeting, hundreds of ways to not raise up student leaders. . . and then it happened. We finally hit on something that works for us in our mission context and that matches our ministry personality. As a result, we are enjoying one of the most exciting seasons of growth that we’ve ever experienced.

by MIKE YATES, Campus Ministry Intern — We’ve seen some extraordinary things happen with the Texas State University (TSU) basketball team. It seems even more remarkable that the Holy Spirit used me. On July 30, 2012, I went over to the TSU recreation center to meet with some guys, intending to go through the God Test with a friend I had known for years. As a joke, he motioned to a guy on the basketball court and yelled, “Come on over; this brother’s gonna preach to you.” That seemingly random event got everything going.

by SARAH OBERST — My college experience was an intellectual awakening but not the kind I had anticipated. I grew up believing in God and called myself a Christian, but in reality, I knew little about Christianity or what it claimed. When intellectual questions about faith arose in college, it seemed that I was being forced [...]

by NICK JONES — I was introduced to the facts of life the old-fashioned way: working in the breeding pens of a pig farm. I regularly got up close and personal with 500-pound hogs, helping them “maximize their efforts.” That brutal introduction to breeding taught me more about fertilization and reproduction than a 14-year-old would ever want to know. One familiar image has stuck in my mind — the illustration of countless sperm cells desperately trying to break into an unfertilized egg to create a new generation. That is precisely how I envision the opportunity to engage students with the Gospel on university campuses.

by ALLI TOWNSEND — Last semester, I began leading an Every Nation Campus Ministries Bible study for track athletes at the University of Georgia (UGA). Maria, one of the girls who attended, was changed forever because of it. Maria Augutis was a four-time Junior National triple-jump champion who had moved from Sweden to join the [...]

by NADIRA — Born in a Muslim country and raised in a conservative Muslim family, I grew up with a notion that somewhere, far away in the clouds, God was looking down on me. I knew as a young girl that I must remain in His good graces through being a good Muslim. This meant [...]

by SHADRICK BELL — My name is Shadrick Bell, and I am a rookie campus missionary for Every Nation Campus Ministries at Texas State University (TSU).

by SETH TRIMMER — Sundays at Oregon State University hundreds steam out of dorms, fraternities, and apartments heading for Grace City Church.

Gabriel Bouch was not your ordinary Florida State University student. He describes his journey from a nominal believer, to a disciple of Jesus, to campus minister, to a PhD in mathematical physics, and to his current position as a Philadelphia pastor. by Gabriel Bouch — I grew up in a church attended by people who, [...]