About Us

AFES

We are affiliated with the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (AFES). AFES was first formed in 1936 as The Australian Inter Varsity Fellowship and was one of the founding members of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in 1947. AFES now has Christian groups on over 60 campuses around Australia. every year we join with students from across the movement at our National Training Event (NTE). You can find out more about AFES here

We are also affiliated with the James Cook University Student Association. Christian Students was one of the first student clubs, starting the year JCU began in 1970. 

What we believe

At it’s heart Christianity is all about Jesus. If you’d like more information about Jesus you can check out the Meet Jesus website here. 

From it’s beginning The Christian Students adopted the AFES doctrinal basis as an expression of the fundamental truths of the Christian faith:

  1. The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
  2. The unity of the Fatherm the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead
  3. The universal sinfulness and guilt of humanity since the fall, rendering all people subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
  4. The conception of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit and his birth by the virgin Mary.
  5. Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death, as our representative and substitute, of Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God.
  6. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
  7. The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective in the individual sinner, granting repentance towards God, and faith in Jesus Christ.
  8. The indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit in the believer.
  9. The expectation of the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.