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nexus 2019 highlights
Get a taste of what it was like to be at Nexus 2019: The Christian Union Conference on Faith in Action! In February 2019, more than 200 students connected from across universities, praying and worshipping, sharing experiences, and hearing from Christians from a variety of industries about how they can approach their campuses and future fields to the glory of God.
Plenary Talks 2019
Matt Bennett
Matt Bennett kicked off Christian's Union Nexus 2019 conference by inviting students to consider the example set by one of the kings of the Old Testament: Jehoshaphat. As a leader, Jehoshaphat "set his heart to seek God", was obedient to walk in God's ways, and was took bold initiative to lead his people to the Lord.
Eric Metaxes
Christian Union's Nexus 2019 conference plenary speaker Eric Metaxas addressed students from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale, urging them to be courageous for Christ.
Jeremy Lin
Christian Union's Nexus 2019 conference featured plenary speaker Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS. He is Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), Oncology at Natera. Dr. Lin has devoted his life to beating cancer. Here, he addresses college students about his faith in Jesus Christ and what it means to be 'courageous in the ways of the Lord'.
Baroness Caroline Cox
Christian Union's Nexus 2019 plenary speaker, Baroness Caroline Cox built on the conference theme ("Courageous in the ways of the Lord") with the message: Celebrating a Courageous Church. She gave first-hand accounts of dire circumstances believers are facing around the world, yet their steadfast faith in Jesus Christ.
Spokenword
At every Nexus conference, teams of students memorize and perform Scripture spokenword-style.
Check out the performances from 2019 below.
Cornell
2019 SpokenWord Winner
Students from Cornell University deliver creatively combined portions of Scripture in a dramatic SpokenWord performance at Christian Union's Nexus 2019 conference.
In the video above, students from Cornell University deliver creatively combined portions of Scripture in a dramatic performance at the conference.
nexus 2018 highlights
What does it look like to turn the world upside down with the Gospel? Christian Union hosted its annual Nexus conference in February 2018. Undergraduate students attended from all nine campuses where Christian Union operates. Teaching and discussions explored the concepts of revival, evangelism and the call of the Great Commission.
Plenary Talks 2018
Matt Bennett
The first plenary speaker of Nexus 2018 was Christian Union Founder and CEO Matt Bennett. Friday night, Bennett introduced nearly 300 students to the conference theme "Turn the World Upside Down," drawn from Acts 17. If those who promoted the Gospel of Jesus Christ were said to be turning the world upside down, how we will define being a "success" in this life?
Nancy Ortberg
The closing plenary speaker of Nexus 2018 was Nancy Ortberg, CEO of Transforming the Bay with Christ. On Sunday, Ortberg addressed nearly 300 students at the Christian Union conference. www.nexusconference2018.com www.christianunion.org
David Bryant
So, you want to change the world for Jesus Christ? First, your life, your own world, must be radically turned upside down by a vision of "the greatness and glory, the majesty and supremacy, and the wonders of the love and saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ"!
Roland Warren
Roland Warren, CEO of Care Net, accepted the Christian Leader of the Year Award from Christian Union at Nexus 2018 before addressing nearly 300 undergraduates at the Christian Union conference. www.nexusconference2018.com www.christianunion.org
Spokenword
At every Nexus conference, teams of students memorize and perform Scripture spokenword-style.
Check out the performances from 2018 below.
Interested in competing? Contact your campus ministry fellows to find out more.
Harvard
2018 SpokenWord Winner
The Harvard team took top honors in a night of spokenWord performance at Nexus 2018. Students unleashed in a high-voltage contest of memory and expression, dramatizing biblical passages from one or many sources in the New and/or Old Testaments. https://www.nexusconference2018.org/
The Harvard team took top honors in a night of spokenWord performance at Nexus 2018. Students unleashed in a high-voltage contest of memory and expression, dramatizing biblical passages from one or many sources in the New and/or Old Testaments.
