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Last year we ran a conference called Wide Awake. Our vision was to gather people from across the nation who are wide awake to the call of student mission. We had an amazing two days in Loughborough and this year, in June, we’ve decided to do it again.  But we know there is more to seeing local churches respond to the...

Ed is a first year student studying at the University of Exeter. This is his student mission story. Before heading to the South West to study Sociology, Ed spent last year at Highfield Church on their Campus Mission Initiative*. The vision of CMI* is to train, shape and grow Christ-like disciples who have a passion to reach university students. From there,...

In all four Gospels there is only one thing the disciples ask Jesus to teach them - ‘One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray”’ - Luke 11:1. The reason the disciples asked Jesus about prayer is because he modelled it. He would pray in...

In Loughborough, students are getting creative in mission and evangelism.  At the beginning of the year, several students at Open Heaven Church formed a small group with a specific vision to grow their confidence in mission and to reach their town.  On their first small group session these students decided to write down every crazy missional idea they could think of no...

Student mission is important because the university years are hugely catalytic and formative when it comes to students’ worldviews, relationships and future life trajectories. The stories we hear of students exploring faith and discovering Jesus at uni are exciting and, it seems, only on the increase! These are not just stories for the present, though. So often, when speaking to...

In East London, Christ Church Spitafields, a local church passionate to welcome students into their community organised a house plant giveaway. Aware of students' desire for connection in the busyness of London, Katie, the student worker and the student team invited students to pick up a free house plant, stay for a creative workshop and try church. The initiative ran...

Every student prayed for and every campus prayer-walked.  We are delighted to be partnering with our friends across the student mission landscape in prayer. Over this academic year, we are encouraging churches, CUs, student groups and individual students to prayer-walk using the Oikos Prayer app. We are going to prayer-walk every campus, every hall of residence, every lecture block and every...