God is at Work
The Christian Study Center movement is alive.
A movement is alive.
It is not loud, and it may not receive a lot of press, but Carmen House is a part of a larger movement to establish Christian Study Centers at our country’s leading universities. As we have gotten started at Ohio State, leaders have been reaching out to me from other public universities to discuss starting a Christian Study Center.
It has been said that those we consider our rivals, do not tend to be our rivals because they are so different from us, but because they are near and they are similar. In spite of whatever competitive spirit we may bring, the Michigan Christian Study Center has been such a helpful partner.
Dr. Rick Ostrander, executive director of the MCSC will be visiting us here in Columbus next Thursday, April 23rd. We are hosting an event specifically for Ohio State faculty to help them explore how connection with a Christian Study Center like Carmen House can help benefit their life and work on campus.
Thursday, April 23rd
4-5pm
COhatch Gateway (1581 N. High St.)
Hungry to expand our view of Jesus
Last month we hosted our largest ever Speaker Series event, featuring New Testament scholar Dr. Jonathan Pennington.
Dr. Pennington has done extensive research and writing, advocating that Jesus Christ transcends the limited category of “religious teacher” in our modern sense, and should also be consider a philosopher. After all, the teachings of Jesus address the big questions about how to live a good life. It was wonderful to have OSU undergrads, grad students, faculty, community members present for this truly captivating talk. You can listen in through our Carmen House podcast.
You can help
Carmen House is made possible by the generosity of donors who care about our mission to welcome the OSU community to explore the wisdom of Jesus Christ for academic life and human flourishing. Thank you to those already helping to make our ministry possible. Please consider joining our team of ambassadors and sharing our work with those that may not know about the Christian Study Center movement.