Christian Focus and Christian Union

Hi Regina,

Both societies (though the CU isn't officially a campus society any more...) have slightly different styles, from what I have seen. The greatest difference being that the CU is very evangelical.

Because of their evangelical nature I guess the CU does get seen as being a bit 'happy clappy', but it's run by a nice bunch of people, does quite a lot of stuff week by week and is generally pretty cool.

Christian Focus is a bit quieter. Not being a Christian myself, I can only assume that most of what they do is getting people together for collective worship etc. They do also run talks about a variety of interesting related topics, which I have always found to be a little more intellectual than the CU's talks (but that is just my opinion, of course).

There is a third option though - the Catholic Fellowship.

They are very quiet - they don't run talks and such, they are mainly just to create a Catholic community on campus. A catholic friend of mine used to go along every Sunday and found them to be a nice group of people.

So there you have it. It's probably best just to go along to stuff by all three and then decide which works the best for you.

I'd read quite an old thread on here about the CU and it's attitude towards homosexuals that made me feel a bit apprehensive but I suppose it's full of new people now and I'll just have to try things out when I get to Warwick and see how I feel.

Thank you very much! Exactly what I wanted to know

I'd read quite an old thread on here about the CU and it's attitude towards homosexuals that made me feel a bit apprehensive but I suppose it's full of new people now and I'll just have to try things out when I get to Warwick and see how I feel.

I'm excited about starting Warwick!

Obviously there's a huge range of issues, like homosexuality, that this doesn't touch on, and CU members are at liberty to believe whatever they like, as individuals, but it wouldn't surprise me if they find themselves under pressure from their friends within the CU, if they have very different opinions.

I'm slightly confused. Roman Catholicism is homophobic, so, while I agree that there will be serious doctrinal differences in other areas, surely a Catholic's views on homosexuality would not be too far off the homophobia of the Evangelical core in the CU? Forgive me for being thick, but I don't see why there is a problem in this respect?

It's worth considering that the CU does have a doctrinal basis, which can be found here: http://www.warwickcu.org/cu.php

It's likely that there are points on there that, as a Catholic, you disagree with.

Though to be fair, as an ordinary member, you wouldn't have to sign up to this - it's only Bible study group leaders, committee members, etc., that have to sign.

Anyway, that should give you more of an idea of the CUs beliefs, and more of an idea about whether its worth checking out. Personally I'd say it probably isn't the right place for you, but I'd suggest you check it out just the once, at least, to see what its like.

Obviously there's a huge range of issues, like homosexuality, that this doesn't touch on, and CU members are at liberty to believe whatever they like, as individuals, but it wouldn't surprise me if they find themselves under pressure from their friends within the CU, if they have very different opinions.

I'm slightly confused. Roman Catholicism is homophobic, so, while I agree that there will be serious doctrinal differences in other areas, surely a Catholic's views on homosexuality would not be too far off the homophobia of the Evangelical core in the CU? Forgive me for being thick, but I don't see why there is a problem in this respect?