The Influence Of Spirituality On College Campuses

Pastored in 1952 by Alice Lavern Riles, known as Mother Sheppard, The Church of Columbus remains today within the city of Columbus, Georgia. From a tiny building on 49th Street, to the over a million-dollar facility today, The Church of Columbus has gone through its share of change. Growing up, the church was called the First United Pentecostal Church, but once the church moved locations, Pastor renamed it The Church of Columbus. Located on 2001 Double Churches Road, there lies my second home, with its grand 36,000 square feet structure. Growing up, I was always at the church, whether it was for practice, or just to play sports such as volleyball and football with my lifelong friends that I had made throughout my attendance at the church. According the church’s website, “the church has grown from a Sunday morning attendance of sixty-one in 1985, to a consistent attendance of over 400 in 2013” (The Church of Columbus). The church’s motto is “Loving all to Christ”. The motto refers to the church’s ultimate goal of reaching the 290,000 souls of the Columbus, Phenix City, Fort Benning area (The Church of Columbus). A church member, Lisa Gail Stringer-Johnson described the church; “The first thing you feel when you walk through the doors is an outpouring of Love and God’s presence.” I am extremely grateful that I have such a tremendous place to call my second home.

In Engaging God’s World, Plantinga looks at Christian higher education and how it fits into the world. It is intended to help Christian teenagers, college students and young adults

Spirituality is one of the most important aspects of life to some communities, cultures, and nations. People who believe in God usually become more spiritual as they age. In American societies, the mosques and churches have older people than younger people. In most cases, we become more spiritual or at least start looking for religious answers when we are faced with a death in the family. In a study by Moremen,(2005), 26 older women who had not experienced a life changing even or recent death in their families were interviewed on their views in terms of “their place” in society” and the “order of things”. None of the participants were facing a terminal illness. The majority stated that they wanted to understand things and were looking towards

McMinn unveils the realism of what essentially happens in the counseling office. He dives into the fitting together “Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling”. McMinn explains how “those who enter therapy in the midst of their pain experience a restorative counseling relationship that brings acceptance hope, and meaning into their broken lives” (McMinn, 2011, p. 20). There are various questions surrounding Christian counseling that McMinn faces head on in this book when it comes to the challenges counselors face as it relates to integrating religion and spirituality in their sessions. Life on the frontier as McMinn puts it, is where counselors face six basic challenges. Challenges such as moving from two areas of competence to three, blurred personal-professional distinctions, expanded definitions of training, confronting dominant views of mental health, establishing a scientific base or even defining relevant ethical standards (McMinn, 2011). Personal journey’s that McMinn has taken throughout his career provide him with the knowledge, skills and abilities to depict how we should face these challenges. McMinn talks about how many counselors have a need to interpret studies, have good psychodynamics and figure out which cognitive therapy is right for their counseling. As he states, “Christian counseling is more complex than other forms of counseling because our goal are multifaceted (McMinn, 2011, p.

Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning-focused and distinctevly Christian environment for professional success and service to God and humankind.

The first fifty years of the 20th century proved to be hard on Cedarville. The college’s trustees tried several times to revitalize the college before realizing Cedarville was not sustainable any longer. The trustees had to choose between finding a college to merge with and closing down entirely. While Cedarville’s trustees were facing this decision, the trustees at Baptist Bible Institute in Cleveland were looking for a

The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive yearly plan for Skylar Community College a small, but rapidly growing college in the small town of Skylar, Texas. The college has decided to revise its strategic plan by looking at its current year enrollment which has declined as compared to previous years. The college has asked its President to prepare this comprehensive plan and present it before the Board to implement for the next year. The paper starts with a brief overview of the mission and vision of Skylar Community College by discussing its major areas of concern in the long run.

Local churches around Blythe came together under Palo Verde College Performing Arts Center’s roof, to lift up holy hands, sing to the Lord a new song and worship as a interdenominational congregation.

Lubbock Christian University has had a vision set out for in since its founding by members of the Church of Christ in 1957. Those who took part in the founding of LCU based it on a hope that it would grow to be highly recognized in academics while it strived to put Christ above all. Today, LCU’s mission reads, “Lubbock Christian University is a Christ-centered academic community of learners, transforming the hearts, minds, and hands of students for lives of purpose and service”. LCU does a wonderful job of creating an atmosphere that is filled with an engaged community that aspires to build others up with the love of Christ, from both staff, professors, and students alike. It is in this environment

I grew up in a Christian school where Bible class and chapel were considered mandatory. I believe that both of these activities help students to not only grow, but to flourish in their faith. Because of this belief, finding a college that offers both chapel and Bible class is extremely important to me. I absolutely love all the Bible class options Point Loma Nazarene University, hereafter referred to as PLNU, offers and I appreciate the semesterly chapel attendance requirement. I think both of these requirements will force my peers and me to be in our Bibles more and as an after effect our faith and relationship with God will grow and mature. Also, growing up with a father who struggles with alcoholism has led me to detest drinking in general,

Breakaway’s messages to the public stem from their purpose. Message points include a) Believe in Jesus Christ and b) Get Connected to a Church. The content of these message points isn’t shocking knowing that growth is what is principal to Breakaway. What is striking is how well Breakaway does at getting their points across. Every week Timothy Ateek encourages students to begin a personal relationship with Jesus. Breakaway offers bibles to students, encouraging them to embrace Christianity. Breakaway’s Connect Team is a group of volunteers dedicated to connecting students to local churches in Bryan/College Station. Even Breakaway’s website has a section for viewers to learn more about Jesus and Breakaway outside of their Purpose

When I decided to attend Grand Canyon University, I had a thought of pursuing a major in business. After looking at everything Colangelo College of Business (CCOB) had to offer, I was feeling ecstatic and knew this was a perfect fit for me. The story of Jerry Colangelo is very inspirational, and I am proud to be a part of his program. Dean Randy Gibb is a great leader for the college, and his thoughts are very clear. Dr. Gibb states: “Our foundation is based upon servant leadership, ethics, and entrepreneurism – three attributes that move us forward as tomorrow’s business college for today’s student”. This statement clearly defines the college, and I like how simple he makes it. I am excited for the next 3 years; in which I hope to meet Dean Randy Gibb. Having support in college is a must, I am very glad GCU assigns a student services advisor for us. The contact information for your SSA is located on the front page of the GCU student portal. This information includes: Name, Email, and Phone Number. I will definitely be using my SSA in the near future. Spiritual life is a huge part of being a student at GCU. I do not know much about the Christian faith, but I will learn more about it with my time here at GCU. To find information on chapel, you have to find the

Spirituality and religion hold different values and truths depending on your personal beliefs. Being religious is a belief or practice that contains certain values one should follow. When looking deeper into religion you can find spirituality which is the part of religion that effects our spirit and soul, it is not tangible. “The Sacred within” is spirituality and pertains to God dwelling inside of our heart and soul. When looking at “the sacred within” there are certain senses that we can tap into so, we may obtain that sort of spirituality. Through solitude, silence, imagination, and nature, we can have a better sense of spirituality.

Religion has been in higher education for a while as institutions begin to change their curriculum. Students begin to learn more about the roles science and spirituality has as it relates to quantum science being taught on college campuses. Quantum science is based on the information on quantum effects in physics (Palmer & Zajonc, 2010). Quantum physicist Niel Bohr emphasizes,

Reflecting upon the readings of Torrance’s Worship, Community, and the Triune God of Grace and White’s Introduction to Christian Worship will deeply shape how I look at worship in the churches I now order worship for the congregations. I used one of the churches in which I serve to do the Order of Worship assignment. It is a blue collar, small membership church located in a rural, retirement/ vacation area of North Carolina, Lake Gaston. It is also predominately Caucasian. Torrance’s focus is on trinitarian worship, participating in Christ’s communion with God, the Father and Christ’s life, death, and resurrection through the power of the Holy Spirit. And White’s focus is to look at how the forms used in worship give worship its meaning. These forms include but are not exclusive of, time, space, music and art. There are implications for both focuses in the order of worship for the congregation used for my order of worship.