700 college students said yes to Jesus on campus
UniteUS organized the gathering at Appalachian State University, where about 100 students were baptized afterward.
More than 700 college students said yes to Jesus at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. The ministry UniteUS organized the event at the Holmes Convocation Center, La Corriente reported. After the gathering, about 100 students were baptized.
A night of preaching and response
The gathering was not a concert or a motivational talk. There was preaching of the gospel, worship and a specific invitation: to respond to Jesus with a decision of their own. The speakers Tonya Prewett and Jennie Allen spoke to the students, according to La Corriente.
UniteUS is after exactly that: opening spaces where college students hear the gospel and pray in a stage loaded with decisions. College is ground for big questions, and faith fits there without asking permission.
«A big yes in a full arena needs a small yes repeated every week.»
The reports came from the ministry itself and from students who posted their impressions on social media. Some said they felt God close that night; others celebrated seeing their classmates declare their faith in front of everyone.
It should be said without frills: a mass baptism is not a trophy or a number to boast about. It is the testimony of people who said in public what they already believed in private.
From Auburn to more than two dozen campuses
UniteUS did not start this year. Its first gathering was held at Auburn on September 12, 2023. From there the initiative grew until it reached more than 24 campuses, according to the ministry's own count, and more than 100,000 students have had contact with its activities.
In the fall of 2026 there were also gatherings at Pepperdine University and the University of Miami. There hundreds of young people committed to following Christ, according to the reports shared by the organization. The next dates are October 27 at the University of South Alabama and November 10 at Belmont University in Nashville.
For a Hispanic young person studying far from home, these numbers say more than a statistic: there are campuses where faith is not lived in hiding.
What comes after a yes
Baptism is a beginning, not a goal. The ministry itself puts it that way: after the decision come Bible study, prayer and a community that walks with you through the process. A big yes in a full arena needs a small yes repeated every week.
There is the challenge for someone living between two cultures and two schedules. On campus faith is tested without the family routine that once sustained it, and it becomes visible: your roommate notices if you pray before an exam, if you treat with respect those who think differently, if your way of talking about people has changed.
"because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9, ESV).
If you are at a university, the practical step is today: find the Christian group on your campus, write to a pastor, invite someone to read the Bible with you. Faith grows where someone names it out loud. And an honest question: would you dare to say in public what you believe, even if no one else says it first?
