Traditionally, RUF exists for the college campus, but colleges in Manhattan don’t have dorms and classrooms surrounding leafy quads; in many ways, the campus is the city. 

The ability to connect with students, develop relationships, and foster community is essential to campus ministry. So, what impact have coronavirus-related restrictions had on RUF ministry this year?

For each generation the narrative that leads to Jesus is slightly different. And it has changed again with Gen Z, those born after 1997.

“What is significant about RUF is that every campus minister is an ordained pastor in the PCA, and a member of a local presbytery. It’s not just plopping someone onto a campus; it’s taking the church itself and going to the campus.”

PCA pastor Fritz Games has always been an advocate of hobbies, particularly those that advance friendships and relationships, but an encounter with a fellow father at their sons’ cross-country race 10 years ago propelled him into a new area of ministry he could not have imagined.

UNF’s location in Jacksonville allows Park to connect his students with a number of local PCA churches. And since many students are from the area, they continue to attend PCA churches after graduation.