Posted on 03/05/2008 7:16:32 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
NEW YORK - Saturday night in midtown Manhattan, and 25 college students are packed into the living room of a small apartment. The festivities are about to get underway...when the student in charge of this shindig says it's time for the evening to begin, he doesn't bust out a cooler of Smirnoff Ice. He asks everyone to bow their heads and pray.
"Dear Lord God, we thank You so much for this evening. God, I just say that we who believe in You, we trust You, Lord; we trust that You are working for good. I ask that You be glorified with the rest of us here. In Jesus' name, I pray."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
The article is about Kings College, an evangelical school in the Empire State Building.
He puts his people where they need to be, and asks them to share his Message.
Prayer Bump!
This is where revival begins for America!
The article also portrays a Manhattan that doesn’t exist except in the minds of Bostonians.
There’s nothing unusual about a Christian religious school in New York. There’s dozens of them. Hundreds if you include the Catholics!
Many of those schools have study groups and outreach programs.
However, I’m glad that they got some good press.
There are plenty of Christians in NYC. A casual survey will reveal that the most commonly read book among subway riders is the Bible.
As a percentage of the NYC population, churchgoing Christians are proportionately smaller than they are in, say, Birmingham AL - but except for the mainline Protestant denominations and Reform temples, NYC churches and synagogues are full every weekend.
Some to bursting.
Miss Brooklyn is an evangelical Christian.
There are probably two or three million completely unregenerate souls in NYC, but NYC is not "the darkness."
The kids in this article are a welcome addition to this town, I'm glad they're here, and they'll fit in nicely.
The King’s College is a little different. I considered going there, back when they were in Briarcliff Manor.
They are an evangelical university that teaches things like politics and business administration. In other words, instead of being a seminary and teaching stuff like music and theology (which they do also) they are a strongly Christian University teaching secular subjects with a goal of Christian leadership.
Exactly!
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