God opened doors for Resonate Church to partner with Redeemed Girl Ministries to host a “Girls Night Out” event for sorority women from the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
Between the University of Idaho and Washington State University, around 350 sorority women attended the Girls Night Out event, where they heard the gospel on their campuses. Marian Jordan, founder of the ministry and author of Sex and the City Uncovered, shared her story about when she filled her sorority years with boys, beer and material things. She emphasized that this lifestyle never ceased to leave her emptier than before. Her testimony exposes the emptiness of “hookups, hangovers, and heartbreak.”
The culture of this world promotes a life of momentary pleasure and self-satisfaction as the greatest attainable happiness. This culture-generated lie only leads to a vast amount of college women searching for love in all of the wrong places and putting their hope in things that cannot fulfill them.
Jordan spoke with passion and purpose. From a fresh perspective, she communicated the gospel to spiritually lost women in a relevant way. These students could identify with Jordan’s story. Many said her story was their story — that they were empty, felt worthless and longed for a love that would never manipulate or abandon them. Afterwards, the sorority women filled out connection cards with their information. This event dealt with real issues college women face. More importantly, it introduced them to the unfailing, stable and perfect love of Jesus Christ.
Many girls wrote significant messages communicating their need for prayer. The Holy Spirit certainly captured hearts and drew individuals to the Lord through Girls Night Out. Sixteen young women checked the box on the card that indicated they wanted to talk to someone about having a personal relationship with Jesus.
The women on Resonate’s staff and I have the privilege of following up with these girls who were bold enough to say they want to know Jesus personally. For follow up, we invited them to Resonate, and book clubs have been offered on the campuses to go through Jordan’s books. A handful of sorority girls’ hearts on these campuses have been ignited with a passion for more of Jesus. We pray it will set their hearts — and those campuses — ablaze with an outpouring of God’s Spirit.
Jane Owen is a student missionary correspondent serving with Go Now Missions in the Pacific Northwest.
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