College religious organizations
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Religious groups are among the most common types of student organization, and evangelical
Christian
groups predominate. Whenever universities
employ chaplain
s the chaplains are frequently responsible for authorizing and overseeing these groups.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
groups predominate. Whenever universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
employ chaplain
Chaplain
Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
s the chaplains are frequently responsible for authorizing and overseeing these groups.
Christian groups
University movements have been influential in the post-Enlightenment history of Christianity, providing significant leaders and affecting the larger church world.Non-denominational groups
- Campus Crusade for ChristCampus Crusade for ChristCampus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian organization that promotes evangelism and discipleship in more than 190 countries...
- Student Life Australia
- Jesus Disciple Movement
- Coalition for Christian OutreachCoalition for Christian OutreachCoalition for Christian Outreach is a nonprofit campus ministry headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CCO was officially incorporated on March 23, 1971. As of 2010, the CCO employs 224 staff members on 90 campuses and universities, primarily in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia...
- International Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsInternational Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsThe International Fellowship of Evangelical Students is an association of about 136 evangelical Christian student movements worldwide, encouraging evangelism, discipleship and mission among students. The goal of the organisation is to establish local autonomous student movements in every country...
- Australian Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsAustralian Fellowship of Evangelical StudentsThe Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students is an evangelical Christian parachurch organisation that aims to encourage university students to believe in and follow Jesus Christ...
- InterVarsity Christian FellowshipInterVarsity Christian FellowshipInterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is an inter-denominational, evangelical Christian, student-led ministry which for the past 70 years has been dedicated to establishing witnessing communities on U.S. college and university campuses...
- Fellowship of Evangelical Students, Hong Kong
- UCCFUCCFUniversities and Colleges Christian Fellowship , formerly known as the Inter-Varsity Fellowship , is a UK-based evangelical Christian charity that operates on university campuses....
(UK)- CICCU
- Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students
- World Student Christian FederationWorld Student Christian FederationThe World Student Christian Federation is a federation of autonomous national Student Christian Movements forming the youth and student arm of the global ecumenical movement...
- Australian Student Christian MovementAustralian Student Christian MovementThe Australian Student Christian Movement is a Christian group with an ecumenical focus working with university students.ASCM fosters liberal and progressive religious and social views and has been associated with the social gospel, Christian socialist and environmentalist movements and is...
- Student Christian Movement of CanadaStudent Christian Movement of CanadaThe Student Christian Movement of Canada is a youth-led ecumenical network of student collectives based in spirituality, issues of social, economic, and environmental justice, and building autonomous local communities on campuses across the country...
- Australian Student Christian Movement
Denominational groups
These groups are sponsored by a particular Christian denomination but welcome students from any background.- Adventist Christian FellowshipAdventist Christian FellowshipAdventist 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...
of the Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe 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... - American Baptist Campus Ministry of the American Baptist Convention
- Baptist Student UnionBaptist Student UnionThe Baptist Student Union is the traditional name of a college-level organization that can be found on many college campuses in the United States and Canada. As the term BSU became associated with other organizations, many local ministries changed their name...
of the Southern Baptist ConventionSouthern Baptist ConventionThe Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members... - Chi Alpha Campus MinistriesChi Alpha Campus MinistriesChi Alpha Campus Ministries is an Assemblies of God USA Christian ministry for college students. Despite its name, it is not a fraternity or sorority...
of the Assemblies of GodAssemblies of GodThe Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination... - Lutheran Student FellowshipLutheran Student FellowshipLutheran Student Fellowship is the campus ministry organization of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod- History :Lutheran Student Fellowship as it is known today was formed by a Synodical Resolution at the 1987 Synodical Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana...
of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod - Lutheran Student Movement of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA officially came into existence on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three churches. As of December 31, 2009, it had 4,543,037 baptized members, with 2,527,941 of them...
- Missionary baptist student fellowship of the American Baptist AssociationAmerican Baptist AssociationThe American Baptist Association , formed in 1924, is an association of nearly 2,000 theologically conservative churches that are Landmark Baptist in their missions and teachings...
- Reformed University FellowshipReformed University FellowshipReformed University Fellowship, or RUF, is the campus ministry organization of the Presbyterian Church in America . RUF has experienced rapid growth the past few years, and currently has 110 chapters at different college campuses spread over 27 US States, Mexico, and Canada...
of the Presbyterian Church in AmericaPresbyterian Church in AmericaThe Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education... - Wesley FoundationWesley FoundationA Wesley Foundation is a United Methodist campus ministry sponsored in full or in part by the United Methodist Church on a non-church owned and operated campus...
of the United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchThe United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...
Ecumenical groups
These groups are sponsored by more than one Christian denomination and welcome students from any background.- Council for Ecumenical Student Christian Ministry in the USA
- University Christian Ministry
- University Christian Outreach
Jewish groups
- Chabad on Campus FoundationChabad on Campus FoundationChabad on Campus International Foundation is the college wing of the Chabad Lubavitch movement. It has branches on over 130 North American campuses, and serves an additional 200+ campuses globally....
- Hillel Society
- World Union of Jewish StudentsWorld Union of Jewish StudentsThe World Union of Jewish Students is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan umbrella organisation of 48 national independent Jewish Student Unions from all over the world, founded in 1924, with Albert Einstein as its first President...
and regional affiliates