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...because most of them feel they have been spiritually renewed by accepting Christ into their hearts. Their fundamentalism comes with a highly literal reading of the Bible, an unusual belief in a secular, scientific community such as Harvard. These Christians, who tend to group around the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF), often say they would use the term "born again," a phrase found in the Book of John, if it hadn't been distorted in recent years by misuse...
...difficult to tell how many "born again" Christians there are in pagan Harvard, although HRCF figures help a little. Fellowship executives estimate there are about 70 to 100 core members of the group. Since one of the strong corollaries of the Christians' creed is the desirability of sharing their faith with others, they are most likely to be found in one or another of the University religious organizations, like a new Christian athletes group, small Bible seminars, a "discipleship" organized by the Fellowship, or in a more diverse group like the Catholic Student Center...
Numbers of Christians at Harvard seem to be increasing along with the recent national publicity prompted by the election of Jimmy Carter, although given the nature of the Christian belief the two phenomena are unlikely to be related. Stephen Crist '78, this year's fellowship president, says that more freshmen than ever before are answering HRCF mass mailings and signing up at registration, although he notes there has been no astronomical growth in the realtively large organization...
...rejects street corner conversion tactics because "it's the kind of thing off-the-wall religions like the Moonies do, and I don't want to be identified with that." However, if force isn't the Christians' bag, carrying the message in other ways is. Last week's Christian Fellowship meeting presented a slide show with some tips about leading people to Christ. It advised that Christians first make friends with non-Christians, and then wait for an opportunity to discuss religion with these people and introduce them to Christ...
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