Bluefield University Spire Winter 2025-2026

MINISTRY NEWS

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Guest speaker Markus McFolling ended each Bold Week chapel service with an altar call, encouraging students to come in front of the stage to pray and make new or deeper faith commitments. Dozens responded as students received prayer from faculty, staff, and campus ministry leaders for broken relationships, mental struggles, and a variety of other situations. Fifty-five students reported that they made a profession of faith in Jesus, being saved from sin’s oppression for eternal life with Him. Bold Week Events Students Baptized at Bold Worship Night Bluefield’s student ministry team hosted a Bold Worship Night on Thursday, September 25. Twenty seven people were baptized, including twelve pre planned and fifteen spontaneous baptisms. Each person shared their reason for being baptized with the crowd, telling stories of how God worked through friends, family, or student ministries to spark responses of faith. The following weeks brought more baptisms as the campus continued to feel the impact of Bold Week. Students Profess Faith During

Students Engage in Ongoing

Ministry Events

Students have several on-campus opportunities to explore the Christian faith, such as the student led Home worship service on Monday night, Chapel services on Wednesday mornings, and Abide prayer services on Friday mornings. The university has Roots discipleship initiatives and on-campus Bible studies, including a weekly Faith Foundations group. In fall 2025, students also led studies on navigating trials and discipleship fundamentals.