Category:SCM

Student Christian Movements (SCM)s  within World Student Christian Federation WSCF

The following excerpts are from the WSCF webpage:

"SCMs usually organise their group life around a regular meeting on campus. Often weekly, these meetings may be complemented by special programmes of seminars or open lectures on specific issues, retreats, camps and project work camps, vigils and prayer meetings, Bible study meetings, organisational meetings for political activism, activism events, gender caucuses and joint meetings with other student groups and NGOs."


 * Ecumenical Community    To form young ecumenists:: Personal Spirituality   through spiritual exploration. Students are encouraged to follow many different avenues including reflection on poetry, creative writing, various forms of prayer and meditation, the dramatic and visual arts, liturgical innovation and much more.  SCMs aim to walk alongside students in their own journey of discovery and to help students make their own personal connection to Jesus and his story.


 * Theology  Study of theology is a core activity. Students are equipped to answer questions with a diverse range of theological input from different traditions, cultures and contexts. Alongside Bible study and social and political analysis, theology is a constant in the programmes of SCMs.


 * Bible study plays an important role as students are challenged to view the Bible afresh with the same thoroughness and depth they bring to their chosen fields of study. Exegesis and hermeneutics are offered to students as tools they can use to uncover the texts in a new light.  SCMers are encouraged to regularly revisit the Bible and the interpretations they have been given, to try and find their own way into the text. SCM members are also introduced to the riches of Biblical scholarship from feminist and women's perspectives, liberation theologies and from a variety of other approaches.
 * Prayer and worship
 * :: Interfaith dialogue
 * :: Social and political analysis  Emphasizing social justice, gender justice, trade justice, eco-justice, and more
 *  Outreach
 * Gender justice
 * :: Social and political action
 * Student Christian Movements are involved in direct action on social and political issues. Actions can range from lobbying politicians through letter writing, performing street theatre or making submissions to government through to organising mass demonstrations. Common to all SCMs is a commitment to the education and formation of future leaders in just alternatives to the current political systems. Particularly in the cases of non-violence and gender justice SCM educational work often aims for a fundamental change in cultural norms. SCMs join together with ecumenical and human rights NGOs and other people's movements to address issues of common concern


 * SCMs: National Movements  are supported by the EAP (Ecumenical Assistance Programme) Currently the principal funders of EAP are the German Churches' Global development agency EED and the WSCF Centennial Fund.