Letter from the President

Our campus is experiencing a spiritual awakening and I am excited to share that we had at least 13 baptisms near the end of Spring semester 2022, several in the Fall of 2022. So far in 2023, at least 8 students have repented and been baptized. Multiple students are studying the Bible with one another daily and with faculty and staff. This is happening organically on their own.

Coming out of the pandemic, people are hungry for social and spiritual reconnection. They have endured social distancing, forced on-line worship, and mask mandates long enough, and they deeply desire to be cleansed spiritually, to feel a part of God’s family. Everyone has recently experienced a death of a friend or a family member due to Covid. We’ve seen death tolls on the news and on our cell phone notifications. It’s only natural to then think of our own mortality and consider what may happen to our own souls when we die.

Every great spiritual revival starts with repentance. We are seeing this with our students at Faulkner and with our leadership, faculty, coaches, and staff. People are feeling an acute need to be close to God. They desire spiritual cleansing, and they are responding when a friend is courageous enough to share the gospel. Many of our students who came to the Lord, did so after a friend simply asked, ‘How are you doing spiritually?’ Faulkner’s leaders pray daily for our students to continue to see a spiritual awakening on campus and for it to spread.

To take advantage of the current opportunity, Faulkner has made meaningful steps toward spiritual growth. It encourages new ministers by now offering free tuition to qualified members of the Church of Christ who are Bible majors through the Jack Zorn Scholarship. It has planned Leaders Connect June 12-15, a leader retreat on campus for elders, deacons, and ministers focusing this year on church growth.

After five years without a Bible lectureship, Faulkner is launching Reconnect October 22-26 on campus which will emphasize evangelism and include debates and seminars on the existence of God, legal issues involving gay marriage, and spiritual awakening.

I’m challenging our people to share Jesus. I want us all to experience a spiritual awakening. It’s an exciting time. Join us!