Planting Seeds of Faith for the Next Generation

For many young adults, the college years are a season of discovery. Students begin asking lifelong questions about who they are, what they believe, and what kind of life they want to live.

Across Texas, United Methodist campus ministries help students blossom in this season of growth. Through worship, shared meals, retreats, and mentoring relationships, campus ministries create spaces where young adults can explore their faith, build meaningful friendships, and discern how God may be calling them to serve.

That’s the vision behind the Texas United Methodist Campus Ministry Fund. It was established as a donor-advised fund (DAF) to strengthen college ministries throughout Texas, supporting students in these pivotal years of growth.

At the Denton Wesley Foundation, one student arrived simply hoping to find a place where they belonged. Through weekly gatherings and retreats with students from across Texas, they found a community that welcomed both their questions and their gifts.

During one of those retreats, this student chose to be baptized — the beginning of a new chapter in their faith. Today, that same student serves as an outreach intern and is helping create new ways to support students with disabilities so that even more young people can feel welcome and included.

Stories like this are made possible by faithful and generous people who want to help create places where young people can explore their faith, ask questions, and find community.

As a DAF, the Campus Ministry Fund provides a charitable tool for generous individuals to support college students in a key moment in their lives. DAFs are giving accounts that provide a simple and flexible way for people to make a charitable gift, receive immediate tax benefits, and recommend grants to all the causes they care about most.

The Campus Ministry Fund also allows many people to give together. And, because the Campus Ministry Fund serves students across the state, a single gift can strengthen dozens of college communities — multiplying the impact for the next generation of Christian leaders.

“As leaders, we have always worked together to support students, sharing wisdom, resources, and encouragement,” said Rev. Marianne Brown-Trigg, executive director of the Denton Wesley Foundation. “This fund allows us to carry that same spirit forward — pooling resources so ministries across the state can invest in young people and the leaders they are becoming.”

These grants support student programs, ministry leadership, and community-building — allowing campus ministers to spend more time coming alongside students during one of the most formative seasons of their lives.

And somewhere on a college campus this year, another student searching for belonging will walk through the doors of a campus ministry and discover a community where faith can take root and grow.

If you feel called to support this work or another ministry you care deeply about, we invite you to email hidden; JavaScript is requiredJustin Gould. We would be honored to help you explore how your generosity can support the ministries you love most through charitable giving.