In November, the Christian Unions of Cardiff held their annual city-wide events week.
Christian students on six different campuses across three different universities, as well as an international outreach team, stepped out to ask questions of their peers, illustrated stories, answered questions and proclaimed the good news.
It was noticeable that there is a large number of students who have: no family history of Christianity; no relationship with church; no knowledge about what the message of the gospel is. After a meeting where the speaker showed how Jesus associated with sinners, and people have a need to be forgiven for sin, one attendee, born and brought up in Wales said: ‘I’ve never heard the word “sinner” before.’
Void in their lives
A week after the mission week, the follow-up course: ‘Story Weekly’ began. ‘Who is Jesus’ was discussed at the first meeting. More seekers flocked through the doors than have been seen in at least six years. There is a hunger among students as they become increasingly aware of the void in their lives that their degree studies, success, partying and relationships won’t fill.
This hunger is the reason the CU must press on in this work to make Jesus Christ known. Though the approach may develop with the changing ways that students on campus engage with the gospel, this same work continues. Christ is the only one that can satisfy, and the CU rejoices at the privilege of being used by him to share this good news with the lost.
