I look at the caller I.D. half expecting my friend Taylor to tell me about some crazy detail of her day. I’m surprised when I see *Andrew’s name on my phone. Andrew is a junior at UNC and just started becoming involved in our ministry this past fall. It is not a typical occurrence for Andrew to call me, but I didn’t answer because it was a Friday night- I was off work, and not feeling great. After I ignored the call, however, I had a feeling that God was up to something… So I called Andrew back. 2 hours, a couple slices of pizza and a cup of coffee later, Andrew and I have decided on some first steps in bringing house ministry into his fraternity.
During our meeting that evening, Andrew revealed a real brokenness for his fraternity brothers that do not know Jesus. He had especially been burdened for a couple of his brothers that came to college as Christians, but have since left the faith- and speak pretty abusively against it. Unfortunately, this is a somewhat common occurence at the University of North Carolina. After attending Greek Conference the weekend beforehand, Andrew had been thinking about what it would be like to start some sort of Bible study in his fraternity. Excited at first, Andrew was quickly discouraged by the response of a few of his fraternity brothers- who basically laughed and mocked his idea.
We talked about how Jesus had people walk away from him as he taught (John 6:66-71). But while he lost some who were not willing to follow him, he gained the disciples that were serious and let him transform their lives. We talked about what it would mean for Andrew to persevere in bringing Christ to his fraternity- that even if some men give him a hard time, others may have things stirring in their hearts and just need someone to bring the gospel to them. In 2 Corinthians 2 Paul says that we are the “aroma of Christ to those who are being saved and those who are perishing.” That night, Andrew decided that he wants to be the aroma of Christ to the men in his fraternity. He will spend the rest of the semester talking to guys and gauging where their hunger is and what topics will appeal to them to start ministry in their fraternity house on campus.
*name has been changed
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The Greek IV story was shared by Krystal Bridges Author Website: http://greekimpact.net Author Email: Contact Author Author Bio: Krystal is a campus staff with Greek InterVarsity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She graduated from Elon University in 2007 where she was a Sigma Kappa. More Stories by Krystal Bridges |
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