Have you ever wondered what it
would be like to go to foreign country where you could not walk freely into a
church and worship God? Well you do not
have to even leave the country to feel the same kind of persecution. Recently the California University
system has denied Christians the right to have Christian organizations or clubs
on campus. Making the twenty-seven California college
campuses much like a closed country. Closed
countries are “Countries that limit or prevent Christian ministry by expatriates
as missionaries.”[1]
The
reason this topic has become such a big issue is because they banned InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship from not just one but all of California’s Colleges. “We are not talking about a private
university – we are talking about America’s largest network of public
universities.”[2] College is a time where countless young
adults go “crazy”, but it is also a time where many come to find God. If Christian organizations are not on college
campuses spreading the word of God there will be less people that come to know
God. The people in college now are the
leaders of our country, churches, and schools tomorrow. Can you imagine our country completely run by
non-believers?
“InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship/USA has been active on U.S. college and
university campuses for more than 73 years. InterVarsity is affiliated with the
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), and is a charter
member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).”[3] Last
year InterVarsity had nine-hundred and forty nine chapters with over forty
thousand members. Now you are probably
wondering what caused The California University system to deny InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship the right to be on campuses. The California University
system believes, “while InterVarsity invites and welcomes all students as
participants, we believe a Christian group should have the right to expect and
even require their leaders to be Christian—just as any student group, club or
Greek organization should be able to require their leaders to be like-minded.”[4] Although InterVarsity is no longer an official
organization they are coming up with a creative new style of campus ministry.
Last week Adreanna
mentioned in her blog that her sister was in the organization Empowered Arab
Sisterhood, they allow all girls to join but you must actually be Arab to
receive a leadership position. Why is
this group any different than the InterVarsity Christian group? To be able to run Christian group you must
actually be a Christian. I do not
understand why this concept is so difficult.
It is like a plain M&M, you can all be different on the outside but
you must have the same beliefs (chocolate) on the inside to be in a leadership
position.
Katie, this is excellent, you are truly getting the hang of this. Your demonstration of knowledge about the topic reveals your attentiveness to the research, you summarize the situation well and always have definite "Katie" conclusion. I love it. and thank you for always posting a day early showing everyone else that late is unacceptable. You are a Champion.
ReplyDeleteI would have liked to know more details (like what are 949 chapters and why did you mention Greeks?) I love how you remembered Adreanna's blog and included it in yours. Your writing structure is always so fascinating too XD
ReplyDeleteI agree, you present the facts while still keeping your voice in the blog. Great writing as always!
ReplyDeletereally good blog, but when is your blog not good to be honest. I agree with Ethan and liked how you brought up Adre's blog. I think it was definitely detailed and had plenty of information. good job!
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