{"id":10391,"date":"2024-05-14T09:23:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=10391"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:23:04","slug":"hundreds-of-students-accept-christ-at-the-university-of-tennessee-god-is-doing-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2024\/05\/hundreds-of-students-accept-christ-at-the-university-of-tennessee-god-is-doing-something.html","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Students Accept Christ at the University of Tennessee: &#8216;God is Doing Something&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10397\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10397\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2024\/05\/unite-us-tennessee-credit-unite-us-facebook.png\" alt=\"unite tennessee\" width=\"875\" height=\"638\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unite US\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A movement of God that started at Auburn University last fall has now spread to four other campuses, with thousands of students being saved and countless individuals being plugged into a local church to continue their faith journey. The Unite US launched at\u00a0 Auburn University\u2019s Neville Arena last September. Some 5,000 students attended, and approximately 200 were baptized afterward. Since then, Unite US has held similar events at Florida State University, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama, and the University of Tennessee. Organizers partner with local churches.<\/p>\n<p>Over 5,500 students attended the Unite event at the University of Tennessee recently. The official Unite Instagram account said hundreds made professions of faith, and over 120 were baptized outside the arena with \u201cNeyland Stadium in the background.\u201d The post said, \u201cGod is doing something special at college campuses across the country, and we believe there is even MORE to come!\u201d Tonya Prewett, the founder and visionary behind Unite US, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cbn.com\/news\/us\/will-be-called-greater-awakening-unite-us-organizers-discuss-mighty-move-holy-spirit\">CBN<\/a>\u00a0it is \u201call a move of God.\u201d\u00a0She said, \u201cI&#8217;m not capable of doing this, we&#8217;re not capable of doing this, it&#8217;s the hand of God. It&#8217;s way bigger than us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6fP5tXtwRQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6fP5tXtwRQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Madison Prewett Troutt (@madiprew)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The movement, she added, has seen &#8220;thousands of students give their hearts to Christ.&#8221; She said, &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen over 800 baptized. We&#8217;re just being obedient, we&#8217;re just walking in obedience, and God&#8217;s gone before us, and he&#8217;s moving in incredible ways.&#8221; Each Unite event has three main objectives for attendees, according to its website: Salvation, freedom from sin and burdens on their hearts, and for students to find community and discipleship through local ministries and the local church. The Unite gathering at the University of Tennessee included songs from Passion Music and gospel messages from Jonathan Pokluda of Harris Creek Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, and Jennie Allen, the founder of IF: Gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe connect with every pastor in the community, and every campus ministry leader in the community, and we bring them in, and they set up tables, [so] these students can get connected that night,\u201d Prewett told CBN. \u201cWe&#8217;ve heard so many testimonies of students who have gotten so plugged into the church, and they&#8217;re now serving through their church or leading small groups or discipleship programs post-event; it&#8217;s really amazing.\u201d God is on the move on college campuses, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am no prophet, but what I do feel like God has shown me is this will be called the greater awakening, and this will be something our nation has never witnessed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A movement of God that started at Auburn University last fall has now spread to four other campuses, with thousands of students being saved and countless individuals being plugged into a local church to continue their faith journey. The Unite US launched at\u00a0 Auburn University\u2019s Neville Arena last September. 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