Practical Christian Involvement

As an essential outworking of Spiritual Formation, Practical Christian Involvement exists to cultivate a lifestyle of service as a response to and expression of the Gospel. As the Gospel transforms our hearts, it also inspires and transforms our actions, leading us to love our neighbors and serve them with our time, talents, skills, and words.

These strategic components help students love, learn about, and serve off-campus spheres:

PCI inaugurates the spring semester with a Spring Conference every year, featuring a theme that explores the gospel in action around the world.

The PCI Ministry Teams include fourteen student-led ministry teams that creatively volunteer in local and global communities through specific means, such as tutoring, drama, visiting prisons, and supporting orphans. Click the link above to see a list of ministries and how you can be involved.

MLK Community Service Day hosts community-wide projects that practically serve individuals, families, churches, and non-profit groups in Rhea County and surrounding counties. Classes are cancelled so that the entire campus-- students, faculty, and staff-- can take part. 

Break for Change is a short-term mission trip program that serves long-term partners of Bryan College, typically over Spring Break. 

And finally, the Acts Project enables students of any major to deepen their understanding of and experience in missions through highly-interactive class discussions and a two to six month internship with a local Christian community somewhere around the world. Students learn from believers who serve Christ around the world, and apply their chosen vocation in a ministry context.

Moments in PCI History:

Occasionally, students involved in PCI get a chance to serve the national community: in October 2005, eighty students and faculty spent their Fall Break in Baton Rouge to aide in Hurricane Katrina Relief. Click to read more.