Advancing
Resources
for Campus
Ministries

Help share the Good News on public university campuses.

Be the ARC

Advancing Resources for Campus Ministries (ARC) provides funding to support, train, and nurture college students and student groups involved with Seventh-day Adventist public campus ministry throughout the United States.

ARC supports ministries financially helping groups grow like watering plants with a watering can

$8,547

Pandemic Emergency Student Support

$18,331

Proposal Grants

$28,233

ACFI Support, Including 39 Scholarships

Statistics from 2014-2023

Hear from Students We’ve Supported

  • “My experience at ACFI 2016 in Houston, Texas opened my eyes to the reality that there are hundreds if not thousands of Adventist students at secular universities striving to do the same thing I am: spread the Gospel to those around us.”

    Ian Reyes, University of Texas at Arlington

  • “Attending ACFI this year gave me ideas of what to do on campus. I left with many good ideas I can use to make a difference in people’s lives. I am very excited to get back to school and make my plans into actions.”

    Destiny Amy-Penny, University of Houston

  • At ACFI “I was … blessed with the reminder that I am never and will never be alone in this world. I am extremely happy and grateful to now be a part of a big family whose love for one another is modeled by Jesus himself.”

    Mame Gyamfi, Stony Brook University

  • “The Adventist Christian Fellowship Institute was … a blessing to me…. We [sought] help from our home churches, but hardly received any…. With the grace of God, [ARC] approved our request for funding to pay … for our airfare.”

    Nickeisha Gaynor, Stony Brook University

  • “The funding from ARC [has] given me the chance to be part of the ACFI community and it was a life changing experience.”

    Rose-Merline Reeil, Stony Brook University

  • “This conference has helped me realize that I would like to transition from being simply a volunteer campus minister to full on ministry.”

    Javier Mendez, University of California, Berkeley

  • “Attending ACFI has given me an even greater motivation to drive forward the ministry we already have in place at [the University of California,] Davis, and I can’t wait to implement new ideas to take Jesus to people around us.”

    Bianca Ludvig Arao, University of California at Davis

  • “Without the scholarship [from ARC] I wouldn’t have considered attending the conference [ACFI] and wouldn’t have found myself being blessed by what God had to say through the speakers.”

    Doreen Dodson, Stony Brook University

  • “Without the help of ARC, I would not have been able to attend ACFI. I am so grateful for the things I learned and the people I’ve met….

    Chinyere Julie Nwaogbe, Stony Brook University

  • “This training [at ACFI] solidified for me the transition from having been a student, to now taking on the role of supporter and leadership facilitator for campus ministries wherever I am.”

    Michelle Sawwan, Ph.D. student, University of Notre Dame

  • “It was truly a blessing to have ARC … grant me this sponsorship. It’s made all the difference in my spiritual life currently, and will make a huge impact on my public campus ministry forever.”

    Tanisha Madera, University of Albany

  • “Thank you, ARC, for promoting ministerial growth and development by funding my trip to ACFI.”

    Laury Anne Jean-Paul, University of Florida

  • “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn more about the importance of ACF chapters and of each individual on public school campuses”.

    Loris Caxaj, Stony Brook University

  • “Words cannot begin to describe how grateful I am for your support as I attended [ACFI] to help gather information on how to better our student campus ministry at the University of Florida.”

    Malika Macey, University of Florida, Gainesville