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Dear Friends,

This year provides a unique opportunity to look back and reflect upon the work of Christian Union. 2022 marks 20 years since I founded Christian Union by the grace of God at Princeton University, with the goal of developing Christian leaders to transform culture. As I consider the past two decades, I am filled with joy and humility as I recall the Lord’s profound, but not surprising, faithfulness. Thank you for your partnership with Christian Union over the years. Through your generous and prayerful support, lives are being transformed by the gospel every single day. Thank you.

Twenty years ago, we had three students enrolled in a Bible course. Today, hundreds of students at ten influential institutions are learning how to study the Bible in-depth, participating in leadership development, being personally discipled by qualified ministry faculty, and seeking the Lord fervently. These students graduate with a bold faith and a biblical worldview, ready to be used for the Lord’s purposes and bring His Kingdom to bear.

Professionals in New York City are being mentored and equipped to bring their faith into their spheres of influence with cultural nuance and prowess. Across the nation, Americans are participating in national fasts, prayer initiatives, CU Fire Retreats, and encountering the power of the Spirit in their lives in fresh ways. Praise God for the ways he has blessed Christian Union and for the impact these students and professionals will have for his Kingdom!

This past year of ministry proved to be fruitful in many ways. After a year of largely virtual ministry, most of Christian Union’s ministry activity was able to resume in person. Though Zoom meetings and events were a good way to minister during the pandemic, it has been a blessing to return to face-to-face ministry.

In the spring of 2022, Christian Union Universities undertook its first massive social media evangelism campaign called CU Rise. The campaign shared the gospel with students more times in a single semester than perhaps ever before on these campuses. Each local university ministry also put on outreach and evangelistic events to engage their campuses and students in thoughtful and personalized ways.

After starting CU Fire retreats in 2021, we expanded the event to be a simulcast retreat. This meant that small groups of alumni, cornerstone partners, and others could gather in homes across the nation to participate in the retreat. The Lord has blessed these times together in profound ways, bringing healing, renewal, repentance, and revelation to those who participated.

God bless you for making all of these opportunities possible. Together, we serve the Lord by crying out in places of spiritual wilderness to “prepare the way for the Lord” (Isaiah 40:3).

Sincerely,

Matt Bennett Founder and CEO