Ministries

Princeton, New Jersey

 

Christian Leadership Development Program

Princeton Faith and Action (PFA) is a student organization focused on Christian leadership development, and resourced by Christian Union.

PFA provides in-depth study of Scripture, Christian leadership training, fellowship, and support for Christian students as well as resources to help non-Christian students learn about Christianity. Open to all students, Princeton Faith and Action's main activities include intellectually rigorous Bible courses, a weekly lecture series, called Encounter, conferences, and various outreaches on campus. 

Christian Union Faculty

Christian Union's role is to resource students at Princeton by offering mentoring, discipleship and leadership training. Meet the Christian Union faculty team that works with Princeton students. Please contact the Christian Union faculty by emailing: Princeton@ChristianUnion.org.
 

 
[ Photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications ]
 

 

Serving Students at Stanford University

Justin Woyak

Christian Union Senior Ministry Fellow

Justin grew up in Pensacola, Florida, and studied Classics at Princeton (where he made some of his lifelong best friends in a Christian Union Bible course!). After graduating from Princeton in 2009, he earned an M.Div. and a Th.M. from Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, where he also taught undergraduate Bible, theology, and Greek courses.

In 2016, Justin and his wife Kate moved to California to help launch Christian Union’s ministry to Stanford students. Justin enjoys golf and pickle ball, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, audiobooks and boardgames, good food and time with his wonderful wife and their four kids—and seeking God!

 

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Susan Brown

Christian Union Ministry Fellow

Susan grew up in California and can’t imagine living anywhere else. She came to faith at an early age and has sought out opportunities to grow and serve Jesus in her church and local community ever since. 

Susan and her late husband, Garrett, the first Ministry Director for CU Caritas, were married for thirty years, serving side by side in different ministries on mission for God the entirety of their marriage. Over the past twenty-five years Susan has served in a wide range of ministry and leadership roles, including the nonprofit sector and the local public schools. She previously served as a volunteer Bible Course leader for Christian Union, helping to launch the very first women’s Bible Course at Stanford. She looks forward to being back on campus, spending time with students.

A graduate of Biola University, Susan enjoys travel, gardening, reading, baking and spending time with her three children and friends. 

Since 2011 CU Lux has worked to bring spiritual transformation and renewal to campus by seeking the Lord, growing in knowledge and love of His Word, and thoughtfully engaging Yale with the gospel.

The high-caliber ministry faculty at CU Lux teach intellectually rigorous Bible courses, disciple students one-on-one, and coach students to develop as Christian leaders.

CU Lux also offers conferences and retreats each semester and a weekly leadership lecture series called Rooted, which features great worship, talks from compelling speakers, and space for students to grow together in fellowship.

New Haven, Connecticut 

 

Chitra Kovoor

Christian Union Ministry Fellow 

Born and raised in India, Chitra has a BA in Psychology and Sociology and an MBA. After work in the corporate sector, she moved with her husband to serve the church in the UK. While raising three children and supporting her husband in ministry in Derby, Birmingham and Bristol, she managed a graduate center run by University of Birmingham and the Selly Oak Federation of Mission Colleges, UK, offering training in the areas of management, leadership development and cross-cultural mission. She was also involved in university ministry during her time there.

Three years ago, in another continental maneuver, they found themselves in New Haven USA, following God's call to ministry in the city.  Chitra encountered Christian Union through its then student executive members and was drawn to the mission and vision of CU for university contexts such as Yale. Investing in the development of young Christian student leaders, who could have a profound influence for the glory of God in the US and beyond was a powerful vision and Chitra felt the strong call of God to actively participate in it.  She has worked as a Ministry Fellow with CU Lux for over 6 years.

To see her students grow in faith during their time at Yale and discover more of the immense potential that God has designed for each of them brings her great joy! 

In her free time, Chitra enjoys playing tennis, walking, exploring the subject of nutrition, cooking healthy, and being hospitable. She loves stocking up the ‘Mouse’(the student hangout space) with a variety of teas and other delicious things. So stop by to meet her for a cuppa, snack, and a chat! 

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Michael Racine

Ministry Fellow and Writer

Michael Racine has been with Christian Union since 2017, first as a Ministry Fellow at CU Lux, and then as the writer of a series of Christian Union Bible Studies, the first three volumes of which were released by Tyndale House Publishers in 2022. Having written full-time during the COVID-19 pandemic, he was delighted to get back on campus in the fall of 2022 and resume his work with the students of CU Lux.

Michael was highly involved in campus ministry as an undergrad at Brown, leading worship, co-leading small groups, and graduating with a concentration in Religious Studies. Upon graduation, he moved to Hunan, China, where he taught English for two years at a public middle school and led a small house church. Michael later headed English teaching and curriculum development for a college scholarship program in Haiti, then taught for a year in Spain before returning stateside to study at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

He earned his M.Div. from Yale in 2015, and besides his work with Christian Union he has been an active musician, singing, playing, and directing in a range of settings and styles from Renaissance polyphony to funk. He currently serves on the worship team at Vertical Church in West Haven.

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Bethany Walsh

Administrative Assistant
Bio coming soon.

Since 2013 CU Martus has worked to bring spiritual transformation and renewal to campus by seeking the Lord, growing in knowledge and love of His Word, and thoughtfully engaging Penn with the gospel.

The high-caliber ministry faculty at CU Martus teach intellectually rigorous Bible courses, disciple students one-on-one, and coach students to develop as Christian leaders.

CU Martus also offers conferences and retreats each semester and a weekly leadership lecture series called Philia, which features great worship, talks from compelling speakers, and space for students to grow together in fellowship.

Sharing a Vision to Transform Dartmouth

The alumni board is an alumni-led organization which will inevitably play a vital role in the future of the ministry at Dartmouth College. The alumni board is committed to furthering the development of programs focused on alumni as it furthers the following objectives: advance the work at Dartmouth College, transition graduates well, develop Christian leaders and bring revival.

 

Andrew Shuffer '18

Board Member

Kenneth Kvistad '63

Board Member

Elaine Lunsford '17

Board Member

 

Contact Us:

AlumniEngagement@ChristianUnion.org.

Alumni with a Vision to Transform Princeton

The Alumni Board is an alumni-led organization which will inevitably play a vital role in the future of the ministry at Princeton University. The Alumni Board is committed to furthering the development of programs focused on alumni as it furthers the following objectives: advance the work at Princeton University, transition graduates well, develop Christian leaders and bring revival.

 

Kenneth Jasko, '78

Chair 

Vince Naman '82 

Board Member

Edward (Ted) Duffield '58 

Board Member

Tiffany Agyarko '23 

Board Member

Betsy Salazar '10

Board Member

 

Contact Us:

AlumniEngagement@ChristianUnion.org

Sharing a Vision to Transform Yale

The alumni board is an alumni-led organization which will inevitably play a vital role in the future of the ministry at Yale University. The alumni board is committed to furthering the development of programs focused on alumni as it furthers the following objectives: advance the work at Yale University, transition graduates well, develop Christian leaders and bring revival.

Kia K. Quinlan '16

Chair

 
Edward Duffy '75

Board Member

 

Jin Li '21

Board Member

Stuart Monk '19

Board Member

 

George Taylor '68

Board Member

 

Contact Us:

AlumniEngagement@ChristianUnion.org.

 at Brown University

The Adoniram Judson Ministry Center at Brown is used by campus Christian ministries for fellowship, meals, Bible studies, prayer, training, and administrative work. Learn more about Adoniram Judson in this article from Christian Union: The Magazine.

Judson Center
Address: 168 Lloyd Avenue, Providence, RI  02916