The purpose of RUF is to reach students for Christ and equip students to serve him.

To that end RUF works to build a permanent campus fellowship through which students can explore the claims of Jesus Christ found in the bible and experience meaningful relationships while they do so. This means that in RUF we spend a good bit of time studying the bible in order to discover what it says and to honestly wrestle with our questions about and objections to Christianity.The main avenues we use to pursue our purpose are Large Group meetings, Small Group bible studies, and face to face interaction.

The Goals of RUF...

The ministry of RUF is shaped by four interrelated goals. These four goals help us evaluate how we are doing at reaching and equipping students for Christ as a ministry and as individuals. In addition, they serve as a road map for how we need to mature as individuals and as a campus fellowship.

1. Growth In Grace (1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 7:25)
2. Fellowship and Service (Mt. 16:16-19; Eph. 2:11-22; Phil 2:1-11; Gal. 6:2; Heb. 13:17)
3. Evangelism and Missions (Gal. 6:10; Col. 4:5-6; 1 Thess. 4:9-12; 1 Pet. 3:13-17)
4. Biblical World and Life View (1 Cor. 10:31; 1 Tim. 4:4-5; Acts 14:15-17; 17:24-31)

In short, RUF pursues its purpose and goals in order to do "ministry to students through students" in the midst of the university campus. In other words, RUF will only be successful to the extent that students embrace the teaching of the bible for themselves and move beyond the organized activities of RUF to love their neighbors and endeavor to live faithfully before God in all they do.