Adventist Christian Fellowship
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Adventist Christian Fellowship is a collegiate ministry
of the North American Division
of Seventh-day Adventists
. ACF is the name of both the ACF Network, which is run by the Division, and of many individual fellowship groups, which are organized on a local level.
Adventist Christian Fellowship Network was founded in 2005 "to build Christian fellowship chapters on public campuses that honor God and nurture the spiritual lives of students in North America". The network supports local chapters by providing "resources, mentoring, training, and networking" for the leaders of local groups. Training events coordinated by the ACF Network have included Ignition, a weekend-summit for young adult leaders and those who work with them, and the ACF Institute, a two-week "boot camp" intended to prepare students to start ACF chapters on their own campuses.
campus.
and Advent House at the University of Tennessee
have a full-time pastor or chaplain on staff, while most are run by the students themselves.
In the Pacific Northwest:
In Puerto Rico:
College religious organizations
Religious groups are among the most common types of student organization, and evangelical Christian groups predominate. Whenever universities employ chaplains the chaplains are frequently responsible for authorizing and overseeing these groups.-Christian groups:...
of the North American Division
North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda is officially organized as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists...
of Seventh-day Adventists
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
. ACF is the name of both the ACF Network, which is run by the Division, and of many individual fellowship groups, which are organized on a local level.
Adventist Christian Fellowship Network
The North American DivisionNorth American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda is officially organized as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists...
Adventist Christian Fellowship Network was founded in 2005 "to build Christian fellowship chapters on public campuses that honor God and nurture the spiritual lives of students in North America". The network supports local chapters by providing "resources, mentoring, training, and networking" for the leaders of local groups. Training events coordinated by the ACF Network have included Ignition, a weekend-summit for young adult leaders and those who work with them, and the ACF Institute, a two-week "boot camp" intended to prepare students to start ACF chapters on their own campuses.
Leadership
The ACF Network is led by a Coordinator and an Advisory Committee, which must include the director of the NAD Young Adult Ministries Department, the associate director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, and at least four students. The current ACF Coordinator is Ron Pickell, pastor of the Berkeley Seventh-day Adventist Church just off the UC BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
campus.
Adventist Christian Fellowship Groups
Adventist Christian Fellowship groups can be found on public university and other tertiary campuses across the United States, Canada, and beyond. Many of these groups predate the 2005 organization of the ACF Network and may use a name other than Adventist Christian Fellowship. Some ACF groups are organized and funded by the local conference, others by a near-by church, and some independently by students. A few, such as Refuge at Cal PolyCalifornia Polytechnic State University
California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The university is one of two polytechnic campuses in the 23-member California State University system....
and Advent House at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
have a full-time pastor or chaplain on staff, while most are run by the students themselves.
Purpose
Ron Pickell, the director of the ACF network, has outlined the basic purpose of ACF as providing a place for Christian community and a platform for Christian witness. However, most local ACF groups are only loosely affiliated with the larger organization, and many have outlined their own mission statements. These have included goals such as helping students explore and share their faith, helping students adjust to life on campus, and providing opportunities for Christian fellowship, community service, Bible study, and recreation.List of Local ACF Groups
Where possible, ACF groups are listed alphabetically by the campus where the meet. However, some ACF groups meet on multiple campuses. These regional organizations are listed separately below.Campus ACF Groups
- Bowling Green State UniversityBowling Green State UniversityBowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...
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Seventh-day Adventist Campus Ministry - Profile - Indiana University, Bloomington Adventist Students for Christ - Website
- Iowa State UniversityIowa State UniversityIowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
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Adventist Christian Fellowship - Website - Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Adventist Student Fellowship - Local church - Michigan Technological UniversityMichigan Technological UniversityMichigan Technological University is a public research university located in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Its main campus sits on on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake...
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Adventist Christian Fellowship - Website - Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Adventist Campus Ministry - Profile - Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
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Adventist Christian Fellowship - Website - University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
Adventist Christian Fellowship - Website - Local church - University of Colorado, Boulder Adventist Christian Fellowship - Directory listing
- University of ConnecticutUniversity of ConnecticutThe admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
Adventist Campus Fellowship - Profile - University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
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Adventist Students for Christ - Website - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Adventist Christian Fellowship - Profile
- University of KansasUniversity of KansasThe University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
Adventist Christian Fellowship - Website - University of Massachusetts, Amherst Adventist Christians Together to Serve - Profile
- University of Nevada, Las VegasUniversity of Nevada, Las VegasUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas is a public, coeducational university located in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, USA. The campus is located approximately east of the Las Vegas Strip. The institution includes a Shadow Lane Campus, located just east of the University Medical Center of...
Adventist Student Association - Website - University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
Adventist Students for Christ - Website - University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Seventh-day Adventist Student Community - Website - University of Tennessee, Knoxville Advent House aka Adventist Christian Fellowship - Website
- University of Texas, Austin Adventist Christian Fellowship - Profile
- University of VirginiaUniversity of VirginiaThe University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
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24-Seven Ministry Center (formerly Adventist Christian Fellowship) - Website - University of Wisconsin, Madison Campus HOPE - Profile
- Wayne State UniversityWayne State UniversityWayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...
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Seventh-day Adventist Christian Fellowship aka Adventist Students for Christ - Website
Regional ACF Groups
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Campus HOPE - Website- Berklee School of Music
- Boston UniversityBoston UniversityBoston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
- Emmanuel CollegeEmmanuel CollegeEmmanuel College may refer to one of several academic institutions:in Australia* Emmanuel College, University of Queensland, part of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia...
- Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
- Northeastern University
- Tufts UniversityTufts UniversityTufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
- University of Massachusetts BostonUniversity of Massachusetts BostonThe University of Massachusetts Boston, also known as UMass Boston, is an urban public research university and the second largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. The university is located on on Harbor Point in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States...
- Wellesley College
In the Pacific Northwest:
- Washington State UniversityWashington State UniversityWashington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
-University of IdahoUniversity of IdahoThe University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
Adventist Christian Fellowship - Website
In Puerto Rico:
- La Federación Adventista Universitaria - Website
Canada
- Carleton UniversityCarleton UniversityCarleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
Morning Star Christian Fellowship - Website - McMaster UniversityMcMaster UniversityMcMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
Cornerstone - Directory listing - Queen's UniversityQueen's UniversityQueen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
Morning Star Christian Fellowship - Website - University of ManitobaUniversity of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
SMART (Searching for Meaningful Answers Required Today) - Facebook group - University of OttawaUniversity of OttawaThe University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
Morning Star Christian Fellowship - Website - University of Toronto, MississaugaUniversity of Toronto MississaugaThe University of Toronto Mississauga is a satellite campus of the University of Toronto, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The university is set upon a park-like campus on the valley of the Credit River, approximately 33 kilometres west of Downtown Toronto...
Morning Star Christian Fellowship - Website - University of Toronto, St. GeorgeUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
Morning Star Christian Fellowship - Website - University of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioThe University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
Western Adventist Students' Association - Website - University of WindsorUniversity of WindsorThe University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...
Morning Star Christian Fellowship - Website - York UniversityYork UniversityYork University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
Morning Star Christian Fellowship - Website
See also
- Seventh-day Adventist tertiary student ministrySeventh-day Adventist tertiary student ministryThe Seventh-day Adventist Church has ministries to students on some universities and other tertiary education campuses throughout the world. Some of these are run independently of the official church...
– Adventist campus ministries outside the North American Division - Generation of Youth for ChristGeneration of Youth for ChristGeneration of Youth for Christ, formerly the General Youth Conference, is an annual conference and expression of Adventist theology which organizes and cordinates Bible studies, online sermons, regional youth conferences, mission trips, global networking opportunities for young people, week of...
– a para-church youth-revival organization.
External links
- ACFLink.org - NAD ACF Network
- Adventist Center for College Faith & the Adventist Youth Transition Network - Ministries connecting Adventist youth on public college campuses
- CAMPUS - Center for Adventist Ministry to Public University Students, a ministry of the Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- Morning Start Christian Fellowship - A para-church organization