Dave Hess

Its a pleasure to meet you! Im Dave Hess follower of Jesus and college campus minister with Every Nation Campus, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My goal is to lead college students to experience the joy, satisfaction, and beauty of a life centered on Jesus Christ and to build a movement of next-generation leaders to impact the world. I believe... some of the biggest decisions in life are made or reaffirmed in college. The biggest and most important decision anyone will ever make is the decision to follow Jesus Christ as Lord. While growing up, I witnessed my parents sincere love for God and learned about the good news of Jesus. I trusted in Jesus as my savior and did my best to follow God as young boy, but as a teenager became increasingly disengaged from church and felt increasingly distant from the God. On top of that, due to complex family circumstances and a cross-country move before my junior year of high school, life became increasingly difficult, painful, and confusing. My first year of college was particularly challenging to my already shaky faith. The first class of my first semester was a 7 a.m. English class taught by a professor who openly mocked Christianity. Many of my other professors seemed to share this low opinion of Christian beliefs, even if they werent as openly vocal about it. As an eighteen-year-old, I thought that a life centered on Jesus didnt seem like much fun. During that first year of college, I increasingly questioned and doubted the credibility of Christian beliefs, such as the resurrection of Jesus and the reliability of the Bible. When I transferred from the small community college Id been attending in South Florida during my first two years to Florida State University, I felt even more spiritually adrift. My inner struggle intensified as I wrestled with questions like: Is God real?, How can I experience a satisfying life?, Is the Bible trustworthy?, and Whats my purpose in life? During that turbulent first year at the university, I spent large quantities of time with the ...Read More