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Conferences such as Urbana Onward, one of over 100 follow-up meetings to Urbana, a convention held in December and attended by 16,500 students, are the best publicized, but not the only evidence of a snowballing movement that is drawing young Christians to missionary work. Successful campus student groups, such as the predominantly Protestant Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF), also fuel this revived enthusiasm. The resurgence of the missionary committment is best supported by and most fervently related by students themselves...
However, debate exists over whether full time missionary work is required of every dedicated Christian. Rozzell pointed out that "it is not necessarrily plausible or desirable for everyone to pack up and go to Africa." But Dinah Danby '83 said participants who went to Urbana and did not emerge with a full-time committment "might have missed the point." Danby, who is studying Sanskrit, Hebrew, and Arabic, and plans to represent the church in India, added that, "As Christians, we have a responsibility to evangalize...Taking a conventional job is not going to go much towards that." Of the thirteen...
Jaymie Potts '83, Danby's roommate, said, "armchair missionary work" is effective and sufficient for many people, adding that she "gained insight at Urbana. I can do something at home with prayer and money." Potts works for "Evangalism in Communist Lands," an organization that sends sections of the Bible that are hidden between the pages of personal letters to Christians in the Soviet Union. Agreeing with Potts, Chris Smith '80, president of the HRCF, explained that God instructs every Christian to perform a specific role, although not necessarrily that of a missionary--an idea that several others also mentioned...
Participants, many of whom attended the biennial IVCF Urbana conference at the University of Illinosiia December, represented non-sectarian Christian fellowships from colleges in the Boston area...
Before her speech, Lum said gatherings such as Urbana, which drew about 16,500 college students and missionaries, and its extension, Urbana Onward, give participants "an intelligent presentation of what's going on around the world with missionary work...