Posted on 07/08/2021 7:17:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The issue of racial justice topped social concerns for members of the prominent religious student group InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, according to a recent survey.
InterVarsity released the findings of a survey on Tuesday that they conducted among 316 members enrolled at 127 different college campuses. The survey focused on multiple matters.
When asked which “social issues” were “the most important” to them, 38.61% of students who responded to the survey said "racial justice" was the most important.
Racial justice was ranked higher than the social concerns of “reducing abortion” (26.27% of respondents) and “religious tolerance/freedom” (25.63% of respondents).
Second place in the social issues category was “climate change,” with 29.11% of respondents listing that as the “most important." The third place was “foster care, adoption, or orphan care” at 28.16%.
InterVarsity Chief Communications Officer Greg Jao said in a statement released Tuesday that the recent upheavals in the United States over race were a major factor in the results.
“Emerging from the past year of racial unrest, we’re seeing how the social issues that our nation reckons with are also at the forefront of our students’ minds,” stated Jao.
“As a campus ministry, it’s crucial for us to help students navigate both these issues and how to live out their faith from a biblical perspective in real-time on college campuses.”
The survey also found that nearly two-thirds of respondents (68.76%) became a Christian before entering high school, and 94.62% felt that church involvement was either “very important” or somewhat important." Nearly half (46.52%) reported that the COVID-19 pandemic had “negatively impacted” their emotional or mental health.
The report also found that, despite many lawsuits surrounding their presence on secular campuses, around 75% of those surveyed believed that college campuses were “extremely,” “very" or “moderately” supportive and welcoming of evangelicals.
During the pandemic, there has been growing debate and discord in the United States over racially charged issues, ranging from policing to how to teach American history.
Much of this was sparked in May of last year when George Floyd died while handcuffed and in police custody as three officers held him down, one being Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin whose knee was on his neck.
In April, Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the death of Floyd. He was later sentenced to 22 and-a-half years in prison.
What is racial justice defined as?
Equality of outcomes or equality of opportunities?
The issue is ambiguous.
Ah, the playground of the privileged who don’t have to worry about real life issues like crime and the economy.
More evidence that the end of the Age is near.
So what are the victims prevented from doing?
Never heard of this obviously leftist group before, and the very low numbers lead me to believe that it is only "prominent" among those who are looking for any way to advance their particular agenda.
Sounds like more narrative driving.
I was very involved in intervarsity Christian fellowship in college in the early 1990s. It was a great group then—a little bit lefty (sharing cars like the early church) but looks like it’s drifted even more left now. The Christian Left
RE: Never heard of this obviously leftist group before,
You mean you never heard of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF ) and their college campus ministry ?
They are as big or perhaps even bigger that the CCC ( Campus Crusade for Christ ), which now changed its name to CRU.
They’ve been around since the 1940’s ( in college campuses around the world in fact ).
I define racial justice as eliminating affirmative action and treating everyone as human beings.
Et tu, evangelicals? Let’s face it. No group, no church, no institution, no family, no students in this country have immunity to the poinonous leftist narratives that pervade the schools, social media, MSM etc.
“Never heard of this obviously leftist group before, and the very low numbers lead me to believe that it is only “prominent” among those who are looking for any way to advance their particular agenda.”
Inter Varsity is a large Christian Student group like Campus Crusade, Navigators, or the Baptist Student Union.
But, the numbers of 2 students per campus is fishy
An abomination!
Most of those 38% are just brainless imbeciles that just spew out whatever they think is the cool or “right” answer.
“Everyone is saying X so I’ll say X.”
Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel.- Paul.
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