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Andy at the Southampton University Christian Union

Author Andy BannisterDate Published

A personal highlight was meeting six or seven students from the CU who were particularly passionate about sharing Jesus with their Muslim friends. After the session, they approached me with numerous questions, and we had a wonderful conversation for over half an hour. It was encouraging to see their enthusiasm and understanding grow. This is especially significant because Southampton has a large Muslim student population, and these CU members are keen to reach out and serve them.

Five Steps for Answering Tough Questions: Dundee University Christian Union

Author Gavin MatthewsDate Published

DUCU were in the middle of their build up to their Events Week, their major outreach for the year; featuring our friend Michael Ots as the main speaker. As such, I was asked to speak about how we go about answering tough questions. The aim of the session was to help the students to have the courage to speak about their faith – and not to fear the ‘killer-question’ which stifles open faith conversations.

With York St John University Christian Union 

Author Andy BannisterDate Published

I had the privilege of joining the student Christian Union (CU) group from York St John University for their weekend away. They had hired an Anglican Christian retreat centre in beautiful countryside about ten miles from Scarborough – and invited me to join them for the weekend as the speaker. It’s one of the smaller CU’s that we work with, and they managed to get twenty of their students along for the houseparty.

University College London (UCL)

Author Andy BannisterDate Published

One of the things we most love at Solas is our partnerships with churches and CU groups in mission. Sometimes this is helping to share the gospel directly by speaking to non-Christian audiences on campuses, at other times it is about helping to equip groups like these students to reach out to others with the gospel.

University Mission – Special Solas Report

Author Gavin MatthewsDate Published

As the university mission season comes to an end, I spoke to Andy Bannister and Steve Osmond about their experiences on campuses from Canterbury to Glasgow, and many in between. We talked about mission today, working with students, UCCF, Christianity and Islam and more. Andy reflected on the changing nature of mission in the UK over the years. Steve talked about doing his first ever mission on a campus here. It’s an encouraging conversation and gives some insight into the kind of work that Solas does.

University Events

Are you involved with your Christian Union at university? The Solas team have spoken on dozens of university campuses across the UK, as well as further afield in Europe, the USA and Canada. Whether it’s helping a Christian Union or…

Frontlines EXTRA! The University Lecturer

Author Gavin MatthewsDate Published

“Nick, aren’t you afraid of the consequences of what you are doing?” and I said to her, “No, because I fear God and that means I care more about what God thinks than about what the vice-Chancellor or anyone else thinks! It’s my job to do what’s right and the consequences are with God, and if I get sacked, He’ll have to find me another job!” My colleague looked at me, paused and said, “That must be very liberating”.

Truth Questions at Glasgow University

Author David J NixonDate Published

Some of the best one-to-one conversations I had with people came about because of that talk, particularly with one girl who was deeply offended by the way I had answered a particular question about heaven, hell, and justice. In the course of the conversation her whole countenance changed from one of anger to respectful listening. I think she felt that she had been listened to, and her points really heard – but equally she was willing to go away and think about things more herself too. She went away from our conversation with book recommendation, for something that would help her develop her thinking in this area.

“How to approach scripture” – Gareth Black at Ulster University CU

Author Gareth BlackDate Published

As we walked our way through the story, asking these questions, giving voice to the things we didn’t understand or found bizarre in the text, I began to have to say less and less as the students visibly and audibly began to be inspired and, consequently, invest in owning the study for themselves because the message had begun to come alive with interest, relevance and power for them.