The Collegiate Day of Prayer – an annual event – is observed on the last Thursday of February.
Talking about this on American Family Radio over the weekend, organizer Thai Lam said they are urging churches across America to once again adopt a couple of nearby campuses.
"[They can choose] one that is in their city, in their town, [or] down the street from them; a college campus that's near to their heart – one that they went to, one that their kids went to, one that they've been praying for; and one that's in another nation," Lam explained.
"Our hope is that each campus would have one, three, five, ten local congregations and believers that are neighboring those congregations, that they would commit to praying for the students on that campus this Thursday [February 27], and on the last Thursday of February every year. And then our hope is that it becomes something that lasts all year."
This year, the Collegiate Day of Prayer simulcast will originate from the campus of Texas A&M from 7–10 p.m. Central. A livestream is available on CollegiateDayOfPrayer.org, which also has information on how to adopt a campus, see who is praying, and resources to pray.
Among the resources is a suggested three-phase approach to praying for a student awakening on the campuses: (1) pray for an open heaven (worship and adoration); (2) pray for an open heart (humility and submission); and (3) pray for an open hand (joyful and sacrificial giving).
The potential for a spiritual awakening on campuses did not go missed by Dr. Ray Pritchard, who leads Keep Believing Ministries. Many of the great revivals in history started on a university or college campus, he said, and recent revivals have happened at Ohio State, Auburn University, and the University of Florida.
"The colleges and universities in America, that's where the leaders of tomorrow are going to come from," he told American Family Radio. "The doctors, the lawyers, the politicians, the artists, the authors, the great athletes, the engineers, the builders, the leaders of tomorrow of the next 30, 40, 50 years, they're in colleges and universities today."
"Our hope is that church members will remember the campuses when they drive by them," said Lam. "Be praying for these 18- and 22-year-olds who are in the season of formation, educationally and spiritually."
At press time, more than 20,000 campuses worldwide were yet to be adopted.
