Fall 2005

Seeking the Spirit

Student religious leaders tell us why they participate, what they believe,
and why they still ask questions

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Rob Adams ’06

Adams oversees the small-group Bible study as one of three senior interns who staff the Wooster Christian Fellowship, a student-led group whose purpose is “to advance a witnessing community of students and faculty who follow Jesus Christ and are growing in love for God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world.” He spends about twelve to fifteen hours a week preparing for and participating in WCF meetings and Bible studies.

Entering Wooster, I knew I wanted to be involved with a Christian group on campus. WCF offered opportunities to deepen my relationship with God and strengthen my faith. The community that WCF offers is one founded on the Word of God and focused on growing closer to God as individuals and as a community. This fellowship has challenged and blessed me throughout my time at Wooster, and I praise God for bringing me to Wooster and WCF.

My faith is the essence of who I am as a student, friend, leader, and simply as a person. My faith in God has increased throughout college, and even though questions arise about God, I have come to know God as faithful in helping me work through those questions. My faith permeates every aspect of my life, and I strive to glorify God with everything I do.

During college I have become more aware of God’s purposes throughout the world and my responsibility as a Christian to follow the example of Jesus in issues such as social justice. I have become more convinced of God’s truth as found in the Bible and the authority of scripture. My beliefs have not changed, but they’ve become more founded in scripture, and I am more confident answering questions concerning my faith.

I was raised in a Christian home by parents who impressed upon me the importance of having a relationship with God through prayer, Bible study, and seeking His will for my life. They demonstrated a relationship with God that I wanted to have, and with their guidance I was able to make that decision myself.

I was involved in youth group activities in junior high and high school including Bible studies, service projects and mission trips. I grew up in an Evangelical Free Christian church; however I believe that the denomination I associate myself with is not as important as the relationship I have with Jesus Christ. That is the foundation of my faith.

I’ve had many discussions about spiritual issues with my adviser, Michael Casey, in the psychology department. Because of those discussions I felt comfortable choosing an I.S. topic that incorporates what I have learned about psychology with my faith. I will be looking at the relationship between students’ attachment security to their parents with their attachment style to God. I’ll also examine the influence of parents’ spirituality as I look at student spirituality.