Twenty international students, the Africa University Choir, and more than 400 other students and campus ministers will gather at Clark Atlanta University May 25-28 to participate in Student Forum 2000. Tenn. This year's event will be the first held on the campus of a historically black university since the conferences began in 1989. Clark Atlanta University is one of the 11 historically black colleges and universities related to the United Methodist Church. Africa University, in Mutare, Zimbabwe, is the only United Methodist-related university in Africa. This year, for the first time, registration is open to all students, campus ministers and pastors.
Registration is limited only by the space available at the conference site.
My hope for Student Forum is that everyone who comes will be touched by the fire of Christ and will feel excited and rejuvenated when they leave. Student Forum 2000 offers a choice of 25 workshop topics, along with small group gatherings, worship services and community work opportunities in the Atlanta area. Students have responded so positively to the leadership development and spiritual formation aspects of the Student Forum that the sponsors agreed to open the registration once every four years, according to the Rev. Hal Hartley, a director in the campus ministry section of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Participants will explore how faith in Christ can help them quench their thirst for a global community in a world torn by violence, mistrust and misunderstanding. The study topic for gathering is Jubilee 2000.