The future of Western culture is uncertain. The Enlightenment secured religious and political liberty but at a significant cost and in a way that could not last. Faith was fatally privatised while the public square was thought to operate on a neutral, secular basis. In practice we borrowed the assumptions of our Christian heritage, which is now all but lost. The next generation needs an holistic intellectual vision – but is looking for it in all sorts of confused ways.
We believe that in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. We are unashamed of an orthodox Protestant gospel: it provides the way to spiritual freedom for individuals and the best foundation for religious liberty and cultural flourishing. The gospel is the only hope for our future.
Our work promotes a new normal in which Christians at university both study from a Christian worldview and draw on their field in persuasive evangelism. From our base at the Cambridge Christian Study Centre – we host Forming a Christian Mind conferences, an annual Fellows Programme, and partner with major campus ministries including UCCF and IFES through staff training and resource-sharing in the Gospel and Academia Project.
An evangelical mind is not formed unless it overflows in public witness.
Our University ministry includes:
Our Cultural Apologetics ministry includes:
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