The Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Francis Marion University sponsored an event called “Love/Hate” that was an evangelistic tool for sharing the gospel via an open discussion forum where students could talk about the important issues they face during their college years. The event lasted for a week, ending with a group meeting.
BCMers spent the first part of the Love/Hate week posting flyers around campus, putting up white boards on which people could write about what they loved/hated on various topics (including school, friends, family, Christianity, and religion), and wearing T-shirts with the Love/Hate slogan printed on them.
Heather-Grace Brown and Joedy Cook, two BCMers, said that they were able to talk with a student who is an atheist.
Heather-Grace said, “He started asking us some hard questions, and even asking us why Christianity was better than Buddhism and other religions. We were able to share our faith, and tell him that Christianity was better because of Jesus.”
At the group meeting, Christian students read apologies for the things people “hated about Christianity.”
Jessie Rasnake, FMU senior nursing student, apologized for not consistently following Christ’s example. She wrote her apology in response to one of the statements on the Love/Hate boards that said, “I hate that you Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
There have been many open doors for sharing the gospel with students, and even a professor, because of this event. One girl accepted Christ the night of the service, and another rededicated her life to Christ. One professor, who said he had grown up as a Christian but had fallen away from church, had lots of questions about various religions that he discussed with one of the BCM students.