Group B attends breakouts while Group A enjoys lunch, then switch
Join David Wigington and Erik Cooper as they go deeper on their main sessions about generosity and marketplace missions. This will be an interactive time of Q&A and discussion to help you position your life for Kingdom impact after graduation. Free giveaways, too!
God designed emotional beings, so let's talk about why all emotions matter. Pursuing emotional health is essential to spiritual growth, and it's not just all about 'feeling' close to God. Learn about the impact of emotions through a unified lens of current research and scripture.
Most people spend their lives searching for answers only to find that they are asking the wrong questions. This session will shed light on ordering the most critical questions in life and setting a rule of life that will constantly move you toward the image-bearing person God created you to become.
In Chi Alpha, we love discipleship and many of us are a product of discipleship. But what really is discipleship, according to the scriptures? How do I know if I am a disciple? How do I know if I’ve made a disciple? How should discipleship relationships function? We’ll do our best to answer these questions and more as we study the scripture together. If you want to grow in your biblical understanding of discipleship and become a better disciple-maker, come hang out!
In a world that often feels divided, hurting, and full of uncertainty, the question of how to bring real change is on people's minds. What if God has a bigger plan to restore hope, dignity, and purpose? In this session, we’ll dive into what it looks like to represent Jesus around the world, and why it's so crucial to be part of that mission. How do we bring the gospel without the unnecessary cultural baggage? Is it even right for us to proclaim Jesus‘s message to those of different cultures?
Explore the transformative potential when two foundational biblical elements—hope and compassion—come together in a believer's life. These qualities not only impact individuals physically and spiritually but also how they drive Christians to make a real difference in the world. By reflecting on how hope empowers us to understand God's will and compassion compels us to act, participants are encouraged to embrace their role in God's mission of healing and restoration.
Standing on the brink of your future, God's plans and purposes for your life can seem mysterious and difficult to understand. God is actively speaking and guiding us but can you charge into His calling with confidence? YES! Learn to recognize God's voice, character, and calling by investigating scriptural patterns, Christian examples, and hearing personal testimonies. resulting in courage, confidence and a pathway to begin living God’s calling today.
I think God may be leading me to serve as a missionary overseas. What practical steps should I take as I consider my future? The journey of ten thousand miles begins with one step!
Ever wanted to share your faith, but didn't know how? Tired of trying to small talk with students about their majors and what year they are in school? Prophetic evangelism is the beautiful synergy of the prophetic operating to the outside world, evangelistically proclaiming, "God is really among you!" ( 1 Corinthians 14:24-25). Come learn what prophecy is, why is it important, and how to prophesy, adding a new weapon for evangelism in your arsenal!
When we get saved, The Holy Spirit comes to live inside us. When we receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, His power gets released through us. We will learn that the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a separate and subsequent experience different from the Holy Spirit coming to live inside of us at salvation. We will see that speaking in tongues devotionally is the consistent manifestation we see when people are baptized in the Holy Spirit.
Group A attends breakouts while Group B enjoys lunch, then switch
God is a relational being who invites us into relationship with Him so that we in turn can invite those around us into relationship with us and through us to the God who loves us. The Gospel came to us in flesh living among us (John 1:14). This Gospel requires us to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, living out the Gospel in a broken hurting world.
What does it mean to "Be true to yourself", or "Live your truth"? Ever wonder how Jesus seems so offensive to our world while simultaneously answers the deepest cries of our heart? In a world searching for acceptance and their authentic selves, the Christian message breaks through to our deepest longings even as it challenges our strongest presumptions. Jesus has already spoken to our cultural moment in the power of the Gospel to us and this generation.
Have you felt a call to ministry? Has your heart been broken for college students, the mission field, or to see churches planted? If so, a great next step is to do a CMIT (internship) with XA, to be trained in Godly character, Biblical knowledge, and get hands on ministry experience. If you are at all interested, come learn more about joining the CMIT program to get an overview of what a CMIT looks like, talk through the process, and answer any questions you may have.
In this session we will discuss compelling ways to proclaim the redemptive claims of Jesus in a post-Christian world. We will look to the example of the exiles in history to learn how to live as salt and light in our exilic world.
Discover how God is impacting lives worldwide through campus ministry. Hear from experienced workers in Asia and Africa, engage in discussions and explore ways to serve on campuses around the world. This session offers insights, resources, and next steps for short- and long-term service in global campus ministry.
The Bible clearly shows us that not many things in the Bible are, well, clear. Trying to interpret texts written in various languages over thousands of years in a culture most Westerners do not understand can be challenging. However, there is hope! We will be teaching you how to translate the Scriptures through the same lens as many church fathers did, the Trinity.
Reaching students in a culture with a hyper-secular mindset is one difficult assignment! How can we respond effectively to either apathy or antagonism? Come and join the discussion with missionaries who are on the front lines of secular culture in France as we explore ideas of how to be more engaging and effective in anti-faith biased contexts.
Spiritual warfare is a proactive approach to our faith. According to Ephesians we are engaged in a struggle against the spiritual forces of evil, but most don’t realize it. To be effective in your Christianity it is imperative that you are equipped in spiritual warfare. In this session you will learn how to recognize the devices of the enemy, engage in spiritual warfare and appropriate God's victory; not just for yourself but for others also!
Loving people would be easy if it weren’t for the people! Our natural instinct is to run when conflict hits. Romans 12:18 tell us, “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” In this session, we will talk about disarming our fear of conflict, understand the power we have to improve our relationships by being willing to navigate conflict, and examine the Scriptures for help in loving the people around us in both truth and love.
International students are a unique and powerful force for global mission. By investing in the lives of international students, you can ignite a global movement of transformation. Come and learn how to empower and equip them to fulfill the Great Commission; ultimately transforming their home countries and impacting the world.