The students were touched by God at an evangelistic event at West Virginia University.
SOURCE: GUIAME
On Tuesday, March 11, 5,000 students gathered at West Virginia University, in the United States, to worship God. During the event, more than 1,000 young people accepted Jesus, and others were baptized on the spot.
“UniteUS” is an evangelistic movement on university campuses marked by salvations, water baptisms, and worship. On the Morgantown campus, the event organizers reported that they were impressed by God’s movement.
“We are amazed at how God moved tonight at the WVU Coliseum. Before visiting each campus, we prayed and asked God to do what only He can do. And we saw that happen when the room filled tonight with 5,000 students seeking His presence in Morgantown,” said UniteUS founder Tonya Prewett to CBN News.
She continued, “More than a thousand students were saved, delivered, and are preparing to make a movement against what the world has to offer. Jesus is marking this generation.”
In partnership with Pastor Jonathan Pokluda and evangelist Jennie Allen, Tonya has been leading this movement on university campuses and changing lives.
“I feel there is a lot of brokenness on college campuses. There are so many people searching for something they can’t find without a community or a ministry to give them some peace and let them know about Jesus,” said WVU student Savannah Jones to Positively West Virginia.
Jonathan mentioned that many students are attending these meetings ready to get rid of their past mistakes.
“They’re coming with guilt and shame. STDs, unwanted pregnancies, abortions. And they come here, and we’re showing them that the only one who can truly forgive their sins is Jesus Christ,” he shared.
‘Hunger for change’
Earlier this year, 8,000 students gathered at Rupp Arena at the University of Kentucky to worship Jesus and hear the Gospel.
Shortly after, a revival event at Ohio State gathered 6,500 students at The Schott, where nearly 2,000 participants accepted Jesus. WVU student Eliza Hocz stated that the movement of God on campus is genuine because students have “a hunger for change.”
The coordinator of the WVU UNITE student team, Chandler Haga, reported to WDTV: “Tonya said she would love to come to WVU, but she wanted to hear what I thought about the event. And we called, I spoke with her about why we needed this here.”
“The goal is to connect them with local churches and ministries after the event, so the campus ministries keep growing,” she added.
Reach
Tonya shared that she connects with the students, but it’s them who make the effort to reach their community.
“The students seek us out, and I work with a team to organize the event. They do all the local work. It’s beautiful,” she explained. To date, the ministry’s events have reached over 100,000 university students across several campuses in the U.S.
