Wednesday, December 5.1973
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Personal Religion Goal of Groups
A myriad of groups at KU is seeking to become part of the religious life of students by using methods commonly not employed by "established" churches.
Each of these Christian organizations presents a different method for achieving the same objective. This basic goal is to make religion highly personal.
Many of the groups are international anno interdenominational. Some students participate in several organizations, others in a variety of organizations occasionally attend the meetings of others.
Leaders of the groups generally agree that the organizations have much in common, and when special alliances are necessary there are few conflicts. The majority of these religious spokesmen say that, for various reasons, a permanent combination of the groups would be undesirable.
A large religious confederation would be extremely difficult to manage, according to the United States.
Each small group has a distinct outlook and personality. This situation allows individuals to seek the organization that best suits their needs, members saw.
Although most say they realize that one large group could be highly influential in the community, many say they fear such a more powerful group is more important than the persons involved.
Bob Mendelsohn, coordinator for Mustard Seed, is one who says he believes in progressive attempts to establish a single unified campus religious group.
Mendelson, who says he does not want to be known as Mr. Mustard Seed, claims that
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all Christians should be "brothers in Jesus."
Mustard Seed is responsible for much of the religious literature passed out at KU. The Mustard Seed House is open to anyone, and Bible studies are conducted there every week.
Several other Christian houses also serve KU.
The Yeshua House is the home of Campus Christians. The director of Yeshua House, Ron Goodman, Lawyer at Lawrence after he grew discouraged with his ministry in Kansas City. He says he thought the church was incapable of meeting the needs of the in-
Yeshua House employs several part-time staffs trained in clinical psychology
One of these graduate students, Sylvia Halloweil, Lawrence is a counselor at Yeshua House and is available to anyone wanting to talk about their problems.
"Part of reaching people for Christ is meeting them where they are; not just with words, but physically going out and meeting people," Hallowell says.
Another religious house in Lawrence is the Canterbury House. House director Berne Zinkgraf, Prospect Heights, III., sophomore says the place is a 24-hour, seven-week, walkin ministry of and an ever-changing assortment of people.
He says the house is set up for one or two *creathers* each night.
He also says that although the house is supported by the Episcopal church, anyone can have a church.
There are a variety of campus groups that do not operate houses but are effective in fulfilling the religious needs of desiring students, members say.
According to Pete Bresamble, Campus Crusade for Christ director, personal one-on-one communication is the most effective method of conveying the teachings of Jesus
Besides conducting weekly chapter
meetings, the Campus Crusaders split up into action groups. Broesame says these groups of about five can better deal with the needs of the individual than can the weekly chapter gatherings that are attended by nearly 100.
Similar in method to the Campus Cruseau for Christ the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, we have down into units called family groups, which function like the subdivisions of the Campus
Greg McMahon, president of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship says, "We have always had a somewhat intellectual orientation. We think that knowledge about how we live is more important than meeting for the emotional experience."
THE WAY is another group utilizing the concept of family groups. The president of The Way, Paul Schowalter, Wichita senior, and the family groups actually live together.
He describes The Way as 'a fellowship of believers who are desecrated to living at leavers'.
He says The Way offers a Biblical framework that matches these fundamental principles of life.
Calvin Downs, Navigators advisor, said his group stresses learning the Scriptures and discussing them in small informal groups.
Downs says The Navigators are aided by college graduates who move to Lawrence and take jobs in the area. He says these students work with The Navigators as lay rumpeters.
Pat May, Lawrence freshman and president of Overcomers, says the group is trying to gather opinions so that it can learn which misconceptions need to be dealt with.
The Overcomers is a small organization at KU. As part of its activities, Overcomers conducts surveys of students' attitudes concerning Christianity.
Since the beginning of this semester, a new religious association has been created which draws heavily from the University community.
The Lawrence Christian Liberation Front formed when "Jesus Christ Superstar" was being shown at a local theater. The group voiced its beliefs over several radio stations, in the University Daily Kansan and on broadsides.
A group spokesman, J. D. Stewart,
Plainville senior, says, "We only come into existence as issues arise. We will probably change as the issues change, because different individuals are involved in different issues."
Local Gospel Shouter Preaches on Campus
Walk to Watson Library some Monday about 9:20 a.m. As you get close, you may hear someone shouting. A few words—"I am Christ," "sin"—may become clear.
Walk closer. You see a young, blond man wearing a tee-shirt and blue jeans. He may shout, as he did recently, "The only thing that gave me eternal life was a personal relationship with Jesus Christ." A few people turn to look, but no one steps to listen.
His name is David, but he prefers to be called "a Christian." David doesn't belong to any sect or group, he says, except the church that includes all Christians. He says he believes that Jesus Christ is alive and actually living inside his body.
David is reluctant to talk about himself,
but he did discuss his own religious experience.
"A guy shared with me when he was I as freshmen. It was during country club week here on campus, and (he) provoke me to investigate what I stood with God." David said.
David, age 21, has been a Christian for three years.
Before he became a Christian, he says he "had a problem with self-righteousness." He says he discovered that he was a sinner like everybody else.
"I have a right relationship with God," David said.
An important part of David's belief is the crucification of Jesus. The only way to get rid of the sin that separates man from God, according to David, is the shedding of blood.
He says he has learned that the only thing he can trust is what Jesus Christ does for him.
"They were shocked at first," he said, as "but I ascribed with them, as God, as the Lord Jesus was communicating his love to them, it had quite an effect on their lives."
David divides his time between a part-time job, "which takes the least of my time," reading the Bible and "sharing" the Bible so he says he works only to provide for his needs.
After he was converted, David told his
parents about his new beliefs.
"Jesus Christ is the only person who ever shed blood for me," he said.
David says his mother may now be a Christian herself.
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He answers most questions the same way—whatever he will do is to promote his religious work. He plays basketball only when his team wins, so he can "press harder with the Gospel."
David's interest in politics, he says, is limited to his desire to share the Gospel with other Christians.
Religion, for David, is an anti-individualist creed. He says that he doesn't want to be seen as a minister, that he doesn't believe in religious sects, and that he sees himself only as an instrument of God.
World problems, like the Mideast war,
are "reflections of what is going on in the
world."
"I haven't changed anybody," he said. "That's all God's work."
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The frustration with former attempts at justification that ended in failure is another factor in the movement's growth. Hernandez said he thought that most of those who were new Christians were drug users and had been deeply involved in political issues.
Hernandez saw a connection between youth's frustration and the emphasis placed on her.
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Prof Calls Jesus Movement Fad
The Jesus movement is a very superficial interpretation of Christianity, according to Cesar Hernandez-Cela, assistant professor of sociology.
"I absolutely don't think it will last," he said. "It is a fad no different from the fad of drug addiction or the search for exotic world views."
THE FREEDOM given youth to decide their own goals and the means of achieving them is a contributing factor to youth enrichment with different lifestyles and thought.
Hernandez, who teaches Sociology of Religion, said the Jesus movement was growing, especially among youth, because "man in general needs to have his life justified. Life cannot be lived without justification."
Hernandez said youth involvement in the Jesus movement couldn't be understood in isolation. He said the growth of the mission was a culmination of several factors.
One of the factors contributing to the movement's popularity, Hernandez said, is that society does not demand material, end achievements from the youth sector. Pressure is not directed at youth to imitate other goods and services for society at large.
"YOUTH NO LONGER tend to look to their elders for answers, so they must look to themselves for answers to personal turmil and dilemma," be said.
"They have been raised in a social environment in which nothing worthwhile is found in the elders because the stress is put on the voucher generation and life-styles."
The consequence, said Hermes, is that youth must rely on and turn to themselves to get them out.
"The tragic fault of youth frustration is that it's the fault of the older people; it's
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The Jesus movement is a response, an attempt to justify life, but one must rely on it.
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He said that because a large proportion of people in the United States were young, the movement involved a large number of people.
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"The Jesus movement is definitely on the wane," he said. "Two years ago or even a year ago they were much more vocal than now.
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"NOW, INSTEAD of joining the Jesas movement, students are just, anaphetic."
Hernandez cited the sexual revolution and experimentation with drugs as examples of young people searching for knowledge and wisdom.
Hernandez told that be and his colleagues had noticed a definite apathy of apathy among them.
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