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International Justice Mission

College Christian Humanitarianism: Part 1

May 31, 2013 by David Leave a Comment

Not long after graduating from college in 2005, I interviewed students on campus about their involvement in community service. All of them said that they spent less time doing community service in college than in high school, and most of them said that they felt disappointed or even guilty that this was the case. All of them had difficulty articulating why this shift had occurred. No one claimed a lack of opportunity or motivation, but two main barriers emerged. The predominant factor was about structuring time (as … [Read more...] about College Christian Humanitarianism: Part 1

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Christian humanitarianism, International Justice Mission, sex trafficking, Southeast Asian crisis of 2005, undergraduate, urban projects, urbana

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