Student Life (university ministry)

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Student Life is the university ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ in Australia and New Zealand. Campus Crusade for Christ International was founded in 1951 by Bill Bright at the University of California, Los Angeles. Student Life Australia started in 1974, and Student Life New Zealand in 1983 under the banner of LIFE Ministries.

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[edit] Student Life in Australia

The global vision of Campus Crusade for Christ is that "Everyone would know someone who truly follows Jesus". This is applied to the Australian campus ministry with the vision "A ministry for every campus, the gospel for each student".

Student Life has workers on approximately 20 Australian university campuses. The biggest movements can be found at Macquarie University in Sydney and Monash University in Melbourne. Student Life is normally registered as an official club on campus through the relevant student union body.

[edit] Typical Activities on Campus

Typical Student Life activities on campus include:

Weekly Meetings. They are held on campus in the evening or during the day and open for all students to attend. Weekly Meetings usually include teaching from the Bible in the form of a talk. Each Student Life movement has a different name for their event (eg, Nightlife).
Small group Bible studies. These are often called "Core Groups", "Action Groups" or "Timothy Groups". Core Groups use standard material around Australia.
Christianity Explained Course. A 6 hour course run over 6 weeks with students who are interested in learning about the basics of the Christian faith.
Mentoring (Discipleship). Student Life workers and student leaders meet with people in a one-to-one setting for personal follow-up and leadership development.
Social Events (eg, sport, harbour cruise, parties, etc).

[edit] Mid Year Conference

The largest event in the Student Life calendar each is Mid Year Conference (MYC). One is held for students from university campuses in New South Wales and Victoria and another is run for students from campuses in Queensland.

Attendance at the NSW/VIC MYC in 2006 was around 300 people.

[edit] Summer Projects

Student Life's short-term mission trips are called Summer Projects. There are four basic project types:

SummerSALT. Working with "Aussie" young adults.
Beyond. Working with international students.
Schoolies. Working with school leavers on the Gold Coast in Queensland during the Schoolies Festival week.
Projection. Working on support role development in areas such as web design, video production and journalism.