A Different Kind of campus Ministry

A home away from home? A retreat from academic life? Is that what a campus ministry is?

Or is it action - to confront and change the campus? Events of outreach? Is that a campus ministry?

Or maybe it’s a think-tank? Perhaps a Christian group in academia exists to show to the world of ideas the relevance of a Christian worldview to every field of inquiry?

Inward? Outward? Forward? (Sometimes it’s just awkward! 😊)

Areopagus is a different kind of campus ministry. We do some of the above but we are more.  

 

WHAT WE ARE ABOUT

  • JESUS CHRIST AND GROWING DEEPER FAITH IN HIM

  • SECURE BELONGING

  • SERIOUS BIBLE STUDY

  • SERVING IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

God placed each of us for a purpose at Iowa State University. We seek to equip ourselves in God’s Word to do His mission, as salt and light, in the lab, the classroom, the ESL table, the gym, the field or the club.

Areopagus is a ministry of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA), and we joyfully bring a distinctly Reformed perspective to what we do. We care deeply about ISU and want it to flourish.  We care about creation and our community (and international community) in Ames. We care about connecting people to the local church. And mostly, we care about the Lord Jesus, who transforms us, and all the above, for His glory.

 

Director



I’m Dan Gregory, and I’m blessed to serve as the director of Areopagus Campus Ministry.  I get to spend my days hanging out with students, faculty, and staff at ISU. I enjoy listening to people’s stories, learning about their academic disciplines, and discovering how God is using their distinct personalities and educational experiences to bless his world.

I’ve been a student for much of my adult life. I have a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Judson University, an M.Div. and Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a  Ph.D. from Baylor University. I don’t want to get too far away from the classroom, so I teach part-time in the pastoral theology department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. I’ve served in local church ministry for 10 years, most recently as the pastor of English ministry at the Chinese Church of Iowa City.

My wife Jodi and I have been married for 17 years, and we have two children, Danny (12) and Evy (11). Jodi and I met at Judson University, where she studied psychology. She earned an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from Trinity Graduate School and operates a private practice as a licensed professional counselor.

I’d love to meet for coffee and get to know you. Please email me or join us at one of our events!

 

our CLUB LEADERS

Matt- President Caleb -Treasurer Bryce- Sec/Rep The Team!

“Seek the peace and welfare of the place to which I have carried you …

Pray to the Lord for it, because in its welfare, is your welfare.” Jeremiah 29:7

 

P.S. what’s with the name?

Here’s a picture of the steps of the original Areopagus. The place may be in the ruins. But the message given here (in Acts 17) is still a force to be reckoned with.

Areopagus is the Greek name for “Ares Hill” or “Mars Hill.” It was a gathering spot in ancient Athens, just opposite the Acropolis, where thinkers met to discuss ideas and weigh out the issues of their day. (Much like a university of today.)

The Bible tells how Paul (one of the first proclaimers of Jesus’ good news to a non-Jewish world) went to the Areopagus to engage the worldviews and skepticism of his time. He listened and observed and then showed how the death and resurrection of Jesus overturns assumptions and changes everything.