A Day of Prayer for Campus Access
A Day of Prayer was declared on Monday, July 14, 2014, by ñ President Alec Hill to focus on campus access challenges which limit the freedom of ñ and other campus ministries to proclaim the gospel. In particular, we are concerned about the status of ñ chapters on California State University campuses.
In 2012 the outgoing chancellor of the California State University system issued a new policy that requires recognized student groups to accept all students as potential leaders. While we applaud inclusivity, and welcome all students to our chapter activities, we believe that faith-based communities like ours can only be led by people who clearly affirm the historic doctrines of their faith.
The new policy exempts sororities and fraternities from gender discrimination; we believe there should be a similar provision for creedal communities. Earlier this year, ñ Campus Staff Member Liz Thrasher Wheatley shared at ñ’s national staff conference her chapter’s experience with derecognization at California State University, Chico. Listen or download her six and a half minute presentation.
Last August the new chancellor, Timothy White, graciously granted religious groups a one-year exemption for the 2013-14 school year. That time period is rapidly coming to a close. For more information on how to pray for this situation, please go to our prayer page:
The California State University system is the largest four-year public university system in the United States. ñ has chapters on 19 of the 23 Cal State campuses.
(Photo: Kendall Administration Hall at California State University, Chico, from Wikipedia)