About

"At least one thriving simple church spreading on and beyond every university campus in the world."

Who We Are

We are male and female.  Many of us are young, some of us are not so young. We are black, and white, and brown, and red, and yellow. We are the forgiven. Our lives and hearts are bound together by the God-Man Jesus, who laid down His life to make us much-loved sons and daughters.  We are a family on a mission; we are among those who long to lay their lives down to see His great family expanded across the earth.  We live on college campuses, in small towns, and large cities.  We have tasted the power of God’s Holy Spirit, which is the power of Love.  We have dreams in our hearts to change the world, and we are convinced we have permission to do just that.

What We Do

We aim to simply do what Jesus commanded. We believe every word Jesus spoke is true for every follower on the planet.  We spend time with Jesus; we heal people who are sick on our way to class; we read stories of Jesus with friends at work; we baptize new followers of His ways in city fountains and dorm bathtubs. We keep our ears open to hear words of life His Holy Spirit will speak to us. We make disciples who make disciples who make disciples. We gather together in simple forms of church in dorm rooms, fraternities, coffee shops, apartments, and hooka bars.  We eat together, play together, and pray together.  We interact with our Father God in creative ways. We love each other. We are a family on a mission together.

We have good news for anyone seeking to live out the dreams of their heart with Father God: Anyone can do it. Everyone can play. You have permission!

Brief History

In summer 2008, a brave group of students joined Erik Fish and Dr. Pam Arlund at the first Student Church Planting eXperience (SCPX) at Haskell Indian Nations University.  Friends from All Nations and 24-7 Prayer came together with them to dream God's dream for a new student missions movement to rise from the campuses to the ends of the earth. During that initial two-week experience, students from the campus became followers of Jesus, were filled with His Holy Spirit, miraculously healed, and baptized.  In the months that followed, many students went on to start new simple churches on other campuses.  As students began making disciples they also began to travel to new places to seed the movement on campuses, the urban core, and other nations.  With support and guidance from spiritual moms and dads, SCPX began to grow through the creativity and initiative of the next generation of student leaders. Students began training students, who trained other students...and so on. Creative sounds of worship were released. New dreams were realized. Calls to specific cities and nations were heard as students gathered together to pray for spiritual awakening - and boldly call their generation to follow Jesus. As stories spread of students encountering Jesus, vibrant spiritual families of Jesus followers began growing in many places, expressing God's heart for the campus and beyond.

As SCPX grows on an increasing number of campuses and cities around the world, we see that God is not only calling us to His mission; He's growing spiritual families who love each other well. This desire to model spiritual family is at the heart of our vision to see a new student missions movement rise to bless every nation on earth.

Core Values

We like to make things simple and reproducible. Though we are passionate about following all of Jesus’ principles, the following four Core Values inspire and guide us as a movement:

Relationships
“By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”...” (John 13:35)
Relationships are the fabric through which Jesus grows His church! Growing loving relationship with our Father in heaven, with fellow sisters and brothers in Christ, with spiritual moms and dads, and with those who are not yet in the family of God are all essential components to our DNA.  We give to each others’ needs, forgive and work out relational conflicts, share meals together, enter into our friends’ daily rhythms of life, and have a whole lot of fun!!  

Cross Cultural
“I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the Lamb...” (Revelation 7:9)
We value the growth of the gospel through culturally meaningful expressions of the church in every generation, in every nation. As citizens of heaven, we seek to honor the distinct cultures of people around the world, encouraging them to discover and represent Jesus in culturally meaningful ways. We desire people of all nations to know and worship Jesus through culturally-meaningful expressions of the Church.

Freedom
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free...” (Galatians 5:1)
We value freedom over control. We love to see people freed to pursue the God-honoring dreams in their heart.  As a follower of Jesus, you are free to follow the commands of Jesus, whether you lead in the church, education, the arts, or the marketplace. Permission given!

Creativity
“In the beginning, God created...” (Genesis 1:1)
Throughout history, movements of God’s people are often marked by creativity in expressing God’s heart for the world. We value dreaming with God to recreate the world around us, whether that creativity is expressed in missions, the church, the arts, or the marketplace. God is the most creative Being in the universe. As God’s people in the earth, following His example of creativity is vital for realizing His dream of filling the earth with His glory.