Jeff Ruetty, a sophomore business major involved with Campus Crusade for Christ’s student ministry at Ohio Uni- versity, had just started to walk closely with the Lord and began to notice the spiritual needs of his fellow business school students.
The problem-solving entrepreneur in Ruetty kicked in. Soon Ruetty and a few of his Christian friends in the Busi- ness School approached some Christian professors in the department to form a new faculty-student organization, Christian Business Leaders.
Last Spring they sponsored a major outreach called “What They Can’t Say in the Classroom.” The largest lecture hall in the College of Business at Ohio University had never hosted an event like this before. Every seat and aisle was filled with business students who had come to hear four of their professors share their faith stories. Several students came to Christ and many others expressed interest in learning more about Christ from their professors.
“Professors and students make great partners in ministry,” Ruetty explains. “Profs have the wisdom, speaking ability, and experience to provide leadership, but don’t have time to do the actual ‘legwork’ of running the ministry.” Christian Business Leaders at Ohio University has proven that when professors and students work together in ministry, the sky is the limit.
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