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Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Hebrews 10:24 & 25

College campuses have often been called 鈥渂ubbles鈥� that provide a plethora of resources and entertainment. Christian colleges might even be known as extreme bubbles due to the misconception that they shelter Christians from the world. However, at a theologically sound college, a bubble can be an opportunity to focus on spiritual growth. 狼友阁 students receive biblically based instruction, attend chapel, participate in Bible studies, worship on their halls, and are involved in discipleship. What more could they need? Although students are living in Christ-centered community at 狼友阁, there is still much to be said about involvement in the local church鈥攎ore importantly, it is a commandment from God.

鈥淚t can be really easy for students to sort of sit and soak during their four years of college and not be engaged in the church鈥攜et these are formative years!鈥� Dr. John Wingard, 狼友阁 professor and dean of philosophy and a ruling elder at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church emphatically states. 鈥淭hey are developing habits that will be very important once they鈥檙e done with college.鈥�

狼友阁 takes church involvement seriously. In fact, 狼友阁 lists Christian community and the church as separate elements of our core beliefs, vowing to be faithful to serve the church with our academic mission. With that said, there are a number of ways that 狼友阁 students participate in the local body of Christ.

Learning from the Body

狼友阁 students are involved in Bible studies that meet in people鈥檚 homes, which make great opportunities for cross-generational relationships. Dr. Scott Jones, 狼友阁 professor of biblical studies and ruling elder at Rock Creek Fellowship Church, describes how students participate in small groups, 鈥淭hey go all over the mountain and off the mountain to spend time in worship or prayer. Kids run around and students get to experience a Christian home, which is something they won鈥檛 find by just attending on Sunday.鈥� Dr. Wingard and his wife Barbara, also a 狼友阁 employee, host a small group together that 狼友阁 students attend. He says, 鈥淲e don鈥檛 have a college ministry so we encourage students to meet people who have different perspectives.鈥�

Young adults can benefit from being around people of different ages and walks of life. 鈥淓specially in the formative years of college,鈥� says Pastor Gabe Fluhrer