Christian organizations are agreeing with Robert
Dayna Landgrebe
Issue date: 4/1/09 Section: Variety
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So who is Robert?
"The whole point of it is to share the gospel with students in a clear and concise manner," said Robert Duerst, the face for the campaign.
Duerst, who is affiliated with the Campus Crusade for Christ group on campus, came into the campaign in December. The planning for the event, however, began in the beginning of last October.
Students like Matt Dillon sat on a planning team with students from other organizations to pick one face to head the campaign. And that was the face of Duerst.
Duerst said that one reason he was chosen was because he is a senior and has a lot of connections on campus.
"I have a fairly good reputation on campus; I have no bones to pick with anyone. And I am pretty clear with my gospel presentation, and I will talk to people about it," Duerst said.
It was originally called the "I Agree With" campaign, according to Duerst.
"The campaign started out as a sort of vague, ambiguous message that said, 'Do you agree with Robert?' " Duerst said.
Then, last week the event placed an ad in the Statesman that stated Robert's message of what he believes. This was the real introduction to the campus.
Tomorrow, on April 2, there will be 50 to 200 students wearing green t-shirts saying, "I agree with Robert." This is the big action of the campaign, he said.
"Hopefully students will be curious and they will ask why do you agree with Robert, and what are you agreeing about," Duerst said.
On-campus groups of all denominations like the Navigators, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Chi Alpha and Newman Catholic Campus Ministry are coming to together to essentially do one thing-spread the gospel.
"The biggest thing is to share the gospel as we were meant to share it," said Dillon, a member of Intervarsity.
According to Dillon, the main message of the event is to share the belief that God created humans to be in a relationship with Him. The salvation of humans lies in him and can't come only through good works or just being a "good person."
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