Campus Ministries
Navigating stressful times
Adjusting to college can be stressful, and adding COVID-19 to the mix has made the adjustment even more challenging. Navigating a global pandemic has emphasized one thing – we are all in this together. Every university student, faculty member, and administrator at every university is struggling with the same challenges. Take comfort that you are […]
| READ MORE: Navigating stressful timesAre you taking the cross for granted?
“One of the things we humans have in common is our uncanny ability to take things for granted,” said President Dondi Costin at the chapel service April 10 dedicated to Passion Week. As Christians, we say every Sunday is Easter. On Easter we reflect on the physical death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Costin […]
| READ MORE: Are you taking the cross for granted?There’s grace in the remedy
William “Duce” Branch, aka The Ambassador, gave a biblical warning at Chapel Feb. 27. He said God is making us to be what He wants because we are no longer what He wanted us to be since we decided to take the wheel. Branch, assistant professor of preaching and Bible and undergraduate chapel coordinator for […]
| READ MORE: There’s grace in the remedyThe Relationship Talk
What do you talk about in Chapel the day before Valentine’s Day? Relationships, of course. Students responded live to questions through the Buc Nation app, and a panel of students and employees gave their responses on stage. Questions ranged from the humorous to the serious with 93 percent of students saying the male should initiate […]
| READ MORE: The Relationship TalkScience and Scripture are friends
President Dondi Costin welcomed students back to campus for the spring semester at the first Chapel service Jan. 9. Costin said, “You were made for a mission; God designed you for a purpose.” He said part of why students are at CSU is to find their purpose. He introduced speaker Dr. James Merritt who is […]
| READ MORE: Science and Scripture are friendsChristmas in a Shoebox
Yuliya Shubina told CSU students how a series of unexplainable events related to an Operation Christmas Child shoebox changed her life. She grew up in Central Asia in a closed country formerly part of Russia – in a country where it was illegal to be a Christian or to possess a Bible. As a child […]
| READ MORE: Christmas in a ShoeboxBreaking barriers and building bridges
The Rev. Marshall Blalock has always cared about race relations, but the night nine Christians were killed at a Bible study in Charleston at Emanuel AME Church simply because they were black changed his life. He was at CSU Oct. 24 to speak with students. Blalock is the pastor of First Baptist Church of Charleston […]
| READ MORE: Breaking barriers and building bridgesThe Waiting Life
Dr. Steven Wade, a professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a pastor, spoke in Chapel on Sept. 26 about waiting. “The Bible describes the Christian life as a life of waiting,” said Wade. Referencing Titus 2:11-14, he said there are two questions everyone needs to answer: What are you waiting on? How are you […]
| READ MORE: The Waiting LifeMore than just your chapel-credit religion
At the opening Chapel of the academic year, President Dondi Costin challenged students saying, God wants more than just your chapel-credit religion. He wants you to have a growing relationship with Him. Costin called freshman Maysia Miles from the Wind Ensemble up to the front of the stage and said he was going to give […]
| READ MORE: More than just your chapel-credit religionThankful God’s not like us
Author Trillia Newbell told CSU’s chapel service that she’s constantly grateful God isn’t like people. The Nashville-based mother of two and the Director of Community Outreach for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for the Southern Baptist Convention, told students, faculty and staff that “God is set apart, glorious, awesome. Even the demons know him […]
| READ MORE: Thankful God’s not like us