Packed KPIC auditorium on Saturday night (March 25) of the Campus Harvest 2006

March 24-26, 2006 Durham, NC - For almost two thousand College students and campus ministry leaders, "Campus Harvest" is many things - a break from the pressures of homework, a time to catch up with old friends, and an opportunity to make new ones from all across the globe. Most of all, it is a time when great visions and dreams are ignited in the hearts of these young people.

Eager and enthusiastic, both students and campus ministry leaders from the United States, Canada, South Africa, the Philippines, and several other nations once again trouped to King's Park International Church in Durham, North Carolina from March 24-26, 2006 for the 16th annual Campus Harvest conference. This year's gathering was dubbed "Engage: Campus Harvest '06."

"Making a difference and engaging to impact the world" was the students' battle cry.

Ministers and speakers from all over the world graced the event to further cast CH's vision: "to encourage, impart and equip the college and university students of this generation."

Ron Lewis, Founder of Campus Harvest, his wife Lynette Lewis, with guest speakers Rice Broocks- President of Every Nation Ministries , Sam Aiyedogbon of Every Nation Ministries in Nigeria, and Steve Hollander- International Director of Campus Harvest and many others presented remarkable messages to the participants.

"Over the years, Campus Harvest has always been a point, where I could gain definition as to who I am --as a person, as a Christian. I have seen many of my peers and students now as a Campus Minister experience God and even find clues to what He has called them to do, what He created them for, the destiny, occupations they would fulfill, the career paths that they could lead," tells Bryan Scott, a graduate of Duke University with a B.A. in Philosophy.

Asked why the conference focuses on reaching young people, a demographic often overlooked by the mainstream church, Scott emphasizes that College students are one of the most important groups of our society in terms of their potential to impact our culture, both here and abroad.

"From a purely sociological standpoint, a lot of changes are going on in a young person's life when in college. Once they graduate, they are pretty much set on a lifetime course - they could change their career, they could change their geography. But in terms of their ideology and the things they live by, they are set.. When a freshman enters the campus, there is a sense of openness to new things - whether being reached by a fraternity, a social club, a political club or a campus ministry," he further says.

Scott continues saying that by the time a freshman student reaches their sophomore year, their personal ideology has already begun to calcify. Thus, it is important to reach students as early as possible to help them see the need to put God first in the search for their destiny and purpose.

He further explains that, "great leaders come from college campuses-- not to mention the fact that there is a potential- generational impact overall, that college students will have as they take on various aspects of culture during their time in school and begin to live by that."

"For example in the 1960's which was a volatile period for our country, four civil rights protests that originally took place on college campuses ended up influencing our society at large," Scott adds.

Ron's wife, Lynette Lewis speaking on 3 truths of success, emphasizing on living through moments of insignificance

Since its inception with a handful of students in the early 1990's, Campus Harvest has become a gathering of almost two thousand trained students and campus ministers who are helping churches reach their campuses for the gospel of Christ.

Invigorated more than ever by this year's Campus Harvest, Scott ends with one of the several valuable insights that he will pass on to the students in his ministry: "This Campus Harvest imparted to me a bigger faith to see God move in bigger realms. I would say this is the best yet. One, the worship environment was rich. Beyond that, there were different speakers that came. Lynette Lewis, an outstanding career woman inspired the students on how to live through in times of "insignificance" when you feel that you have something really significant to say or to do, but it's not necessarily being fulfilled at the moment."

Bryan Scott's story is just one among thousands from the students whose lives are being dramatically and powerfully changed each year through Campus Harvest.

Since Campus Harvest in 1996, Scott's life has never been the same again. Now an Every Nation Ministries Campus Minister based in New York City, overseeing several local campus ministries in the greater NYC area, Scott emerges from Campus Harvest 2006 more resolute than ever in his conviction to see his students transformed into becoming world-changers.