{"id":6422,"date":"2025-04-24T15:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=6422"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:05:05","slug":"spiritual-transformation-at-secular-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2025\/spiritual-transformation-at-secular-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Transformation at Secular Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6422\" class=\"elementor elementor-6422\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-376f834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"376f834\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac89094\" data-id=\"ac89094\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39f5bd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39f5bd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The influence of higher education on my faith cannot be understated. Christian faculty and campus ministries heavily influenced my faith while I was in college. God used my experience at a secular university to draw me to salvation and help me grow as a believer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4608187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4608187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I grew up in a Christian home in rural eastern North Carolina, but was very far from Christ until I went to college at UNC-Wilmington. During my sophomore year there, God started pulling on my mind and heart. I began reading a Bible that someone had given me as a high school graduation gift, never thinking much of it until God put it on my mind to start reading it.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>By Myself<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">After reading the Gospels and truly understanding for the first time who I was and what Christ did for me, I got on my knees and gave my life to Christ, by myself, on the floor of my college apartment.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a new believer, I didn\u2019t know any other believers, as my friends were not Christians. My faith needed support. I felt God pulling me to a new place to help me grow. So after prayer and encouragement from others, I transferred to East Carolina University (ECU). There, he gave me the support that I needed through the Baptist Campus Ministry.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>Living Out My Faith in Higher Education<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">God used that ministry in a life-transforming way for me. He brought me to people who loved Jesus, pursued God\u2019s Word, and who lived out their faith. I grew so much and matured as I learned to follow Jesus within that university environment. \u00a0That is also where I met my wife of 15 years. We now have two wonderful children who love Jesus.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">After finishing my undergraduate degree, God connected me with a Christian faculty member in graduate school at ECU who showed me how to live out my faith as a professional in higher education. This led me to pursue a doctoral degree at the UNC-Chapel Hill. Now I\u2019m engaged with impactful public health nutrition research and teaching students as a tenured associate professor.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong>Awesome Opportunity<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">During my higher education journey, I have had the opportunity to have many deep, meaningful conversations with others about my Christian faith. I can\u2019t imagine how I would have ever interacted with many of these people without God providing those opportunities at a secular university.<\/p><blockquote style=\"font-weight: 400\">God used higher education to redeem me and give my life purpose, and to then reach people.<\/blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">My story is one of the importance of the Christian community engaging with public higher education &#8211; in a time when many are pulling away. It saddens me when believers don\u2019t see the tremendous opportunity in our universities to lead people to Jesus.<\/p><p>I was a nonbeliever whose life was changed in a secular university setting. My hope is that everyone will see the influence that Christians can have in public universities. We have such an awesome opportunity to help change the lives of young adults through living out and sharing Christ, mentorship, and discipleship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e96f57e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e96f57e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1faca2b\" data-id=\"1faca2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b8f7b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b8f7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2025\/04\/Jared-McGuirt.jpg?w=1230\" title=\"Jared McGuirt\" alt=\"Jared McGuirt\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf90936\" data-id=\"cf90936\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f04c3d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f04c3d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Jared McGuirt\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><h3>Nutrition<\/h3><h3>University of Tennessee Knoxville<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The influence of higher education on my faith cannot be understated. 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