Outreach
Short-Term Mission Trips
Are you making a difference with people by sharing Jesus Christ? Join your friends on a mission trip. We’ll help you and train you to effectively share the Gospel. Go overseas for a great spring or summer break or participate in a trip within the US.
Leadership Training (LT)
Join thousands of college students from UF and worldwide at Leadership Training (LT) programs in the US and abroad. LT will build your Christian character, leadership and faith through a life-changing summer while you earn money for college and live alongside Christian students!
Reach Your Campus
We sponsor Tom Short, legendary campus forum host, on visits to UF several times each year. Tom has preached Christ at more than 70 campuses across the US with much success.
University of Florida students are our priority. We’ll teach and work alongside you if you have a heart to reach your fellow students for Christ.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”Call GCL or visit us on Sunday morning for information on Bible studies ongoing in your dorm area.
Have You Ever Been Turned Off To Christianity?
Whether you heard about Jesus from someone preaching at Turlington Plaza or had a close friend share good news with you, perhaps you were turned off to their claims. We want you to help us help make things clear and set the record straight—let us know if you like the way we have broken down the good news for students below. Send an email to me soon! — Dominic Marrone, GCL Missions Director.
What Are The Religious People Claiming And What Is GCL Claiming?
The main message of the Bible to individuals is found in the book of Romans’ sixth chapter where it reads, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
What Are The “Wages Of Sin?”
Sounds like an 80’s rock band name, doesn’t it? Since a wage is a payment made or owed for work or service, “the wages of sin is death” indicates that in God’s economy of things, those who sin must die to pay for their sin. Death is what is owed someone who commits sin. Sin includes theft, sexual misconduct, lying and even our inner thought life when it is impure.
Have you ever thought of how much the person next to you at UF might sin? If they were to commit only one sin daily and live to the average life expectancy of 76 years, they would have 27,740 sins to atone for.
God’s desire is that as many as possible be saved from sin and get to heaven rather than be lost forever in a place that Bible calls Hell.
WARNING: Attending Gator Christian Life or otherwise being a religious person cannot atone for anyone’s sin. The good deeds we do have their rewards from above but, God requires a blood sacrifice to pay for sin. The good news is that God wants to give a free gift, eternal life in heaven, to anyone wishing to receive it. That includes you, the reader, of course.
Although man cannot make it to God on his own, God made a way for man through His Son, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross and rose from the dead to prove His Messiahship as Savior. According to hundreds of Bible prophecies predicting His atonement for sin, Jesus died so you and I could trust in His death and receive eternal life in heaven.
I Think I Have Trusted In Christ. What Now?
That’s where Gator Christian Life is ready to help you make informed decisions. We run a membership table each week on campus where you can learn more about the good news of Jesus, learn more about trusting in Christ for salvation, and about the lifetime of opportunities that await Christians and begin at GCL as a UF Christian. Come see us!