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Chi Alpha | ΧΑ (sometimes XA, χα, xa, or SfC - Students for Christ, [2] officially known as Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship), is an international and interdenominational, coeducational Christian fellowship, social club, student society, and service organization founded in 1953 on the campus of Missouri State University (then known as Southwest Missouri State College) in Springfield, Missouri.
Large numbers of students from the surrounding area also began attending. In 1972, Weiner founded a campus ministry called the "Maranatha House" at Murray State University, a few miles from Paducah. The word "Maranatha" means "Our Lord, come" or "Our Lord is come" in Aramaic, and was a popular Christian phrase around that time. Later in 1972 ...
Protestant Christian and ecumenical groups following their establishment also created ministries especially focused on evangelizing students. One most recognizable group is Cru , originally known as Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian ministry established in 1951 on the campus of UCLA which has ministries in over a ...
The school stopped accepting female students after principal Craig W. Smith Jr. was accused in a federal lawsuit of grooming a female student after she enrolled in 2005.
A suit by former students says Sarah Lawrence College ignored Larry Ray's living on campus when it should have protected them from the 'evil genius.' Sarah Lawrence sex cult: Ex-students sue, say ...
In 1947 InterVarsity USA became one of ten founding members of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, a federation of national Christian student movements. By 1950 there were 35 staff workers serving students in 499 InterVarsity chapters and by the early seventies, the on-campus staff had grown to more than 200.
Campus Crusade for Christ was founded in 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles by Bill Bright and Vonette Zachary Bright as a ministry for university students. [6] [7] According to historian John G. Turner, Bill Bright and Vonette Zachary Bright were influenced and mentored by Henrietta Mears, the director of Christian Education at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood.
Police said the shooter, Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, a 15-year-old student, brought a handgun to campus and opened fire around 11 a.m. inside a classroom during a study hall filled with ...