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As a graduate student or faculty member, identifying yourself as a follower of Jesus and sharing his message with others can feel daunting. Your reputation and even your career could be at risk. Witness In The Academy prepares graduate students, faculty, and campus ministry staff to engage in healthy and productive spiritual conversations on campus.

Learn about the art and science of New Student Outreach (NSO), along with a list of ideas specifically for Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM.)

Five Bible Studies from the book of Acts that explore the theme of witness from the perspective of graduate students and faculty.

The series of conversations helps new graduate students think about the new season of life they’ve begun through the lens of faith and consider what God’s invitation(s) may be as they settle in, face challenges, etc.

4-part Bible Study on the Faculty Four Loves: Love God and Love Others, Love Your Campus, Love for Our Discipline, Love for the World.

Square Inch Seminars came out of the Stanford InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Graduate Christian Fellowship. They came up with the idea of short “TED” like talks that would help both the church and the campus understand what it looks like to love God/one another, your campus, your academic discipline and our world (known as the Faculty Four Loves).

A Network map is a great way to identify the people God has placed in your life for witness and potential ministry partnership. Some folks are visible and obvious, such as family and close friends. Others require more exploration and thought, such as work colleagues, fellow students, professors, online contacts, and casual acquaintances.

As God draws our friends toward himself, they tend to go through five “thresholds” (5T) of coming to faith. The main idea is that conversion usually takes place gradually. The following summary chart of the 5Ts is explained below.

New Student Outreach is not only the most critical time of the year to bond with new students, it's also when the entire trajectory of a student's life on campus is shaped, when relationships and communities are solidified, and when incredible spiritual transformation takes place.

We all “fake it” sometimes; but Jesus invites us to be authentic and real. This series examines three areas where Jesus helps us get real in: our lives, our friendships and our love.