We believe God will transform your life at Greenville University. Our Christ-centered campus is really that: Christ-centered. Everything you do - from going to class to hanging out with friends to going to Chapel and Vespers - will impact the way you relate to and understand God.
Chapel is the cornerstone of the Spiritual Formation program at Greenville University. A place of corporate worship, prayer, education, and growth, Chapel exists to encourage the formation of Christian community and to foster the development of a vibrant, life-changing relationship with Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for each individual within the community.
About Spiritual Formation
Spiritual formation constitutes an integral part of the Greenville University experience. The Wednesday Experience (TWE) - a time when all campus gets together to explore the greater things of life, helps unite and spiritually strengthen the Greenville University community through distinctively Christian programming. We seek to help equip students to explore and live out a personal Christian faith in all settings and circumstances of life. TWE also strengthens community ties, allows persons to respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through confession of sin and profession of faith, and integrates essential social, moral, intellectual, and political issues in a Christian faith and learning context.
Like other elements of the Greenville University curriculum and co-curriculum, and in keeping with our understanding of how transformation is best achieved, opportunities for spiritual formation at GU will combine elements designed to attract, engage, and appeal to students, while other elements stir and stimulate them to move them forward into new perspectives.
What Makes Spiritual Formation at Greenville Distinct?
1. Alternatives
The programming offers alternatives of various kinds including a range of different styles, schedules, and leadership offered on five days a week
2. Developmental
The programming is intentionally “developmental” in that the expectations for student participation changes as students move through the university, permitting greater flexibility in the fulfillment of their chapel requirements. Alternative chapels are available for all students, and seniors are permitted more freedom in use of these alternatives, in keeping with our university beliefs that intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth is developmental so our teaching should be developmental.
The Greenville University Spiritual Formation curriculum includes many other elements besides the chapel program. These include: small group experiences (Bible studies, discipleship groups, prayer groups), opportunities for outreach and demonstration of one's Christian faith (“GSO” provides over eight different experiential learning ministry opportunities offered on a continuous basis), various special programs (concerts, spiritual development workshops, prayer retreats, etc.).
