Student Life

Religious Life - Mission Statement

The mission of Manchester University’s Religious Life program:

  • Consistent with the University’sassistants2015w roots in the Church of the Brethren, the Religious Life program creates opportunities for students from Christian traditions to nurture and deepen their faith through worship, fellowship, learning, discipleship, and service.

  • Committed to welcoming and serving students of all faiths, the Religious Life Program seeks to understand and address the spiritual needs of a religiously diverse student body.

  • In an atmosphere that encourages the search for truth, learning about and respecting differences, and a commitment to service, the Religious Life program affirms the freedom of students both to share their faith with others, and to explore, question, understand, and celebrate the diverse faiths represented in the campus community and beyond.

  • The Religious Life program seeks to deepen and make more fruitful its relationship with the Church of the Brethren.