Blog: Try Church Stories

Out of the 2.3 million students in the UK, there is undoubtedly a proportion ready to hear the gospel and respond. Let us not be discouraged by what we can’t do in this season. Instead, let us look to the possibilities of this season. As you prayer walk your campus and extend the invitation to new students to try church online,...

With Freshers Fayres cancelled and more students thinking about faith, there are more stories of students trying church. Below are some of the highlights.  “I met a third year student studying Fine Arts, who just lived around the corner to the church. She said “I've been to catholic church a couple of times but it wasn't for me, and I really...

At the start of 2020, Tim, a Student Worker in Leeds, cast a vision to reach unchurched students in the heart of campus. With around 30,000 students living within one area near to a student flats, they partnered with another local church to dream, pray, and plan for what God could do in their space.  They had a vision: to create...

Last week we joined a load of other organisations at a freshers fair but instead of giving away the normal freebies we decided to extend the invitation to Try Church.  During the course of the day, we had lots of conversations with students but there was one topic which kept cropping up. Loneliness. One student we spoke to told us how...

Can you join us in praying for students? This isn’t just a response to COVID, this a response to a generation of students that don't yet know the hope of Jesus. Universities and campuses aren’t closed and our prayers have a powerful impact. We believe this is for all of us, not just for students. Can you and your small group join in with...

At the Fusion Conference we had loads of students send in their student mission stories from the past academic year. Some were short, some were long, some prayers, others fun, creative ideas. But this one, although one of the shortest, really stuck out to me and I haven't stopped thinking about it.   One of my mates from uni became a...

Have you ever considered inviting a friend to church? Or have you yourself ever thought about trying church for the very first time at univeristy? Have a read at a student from Portsmouth's story in how she came to faith through trying church for the first time at univeristy. What did your life look like before becoming a Christian? "I had always dipped in and out of...