Where house loyalty runs deep, friendships are formed, and the cause of Christ brings students together.
Judson College’s House System is a student-led college life program established in 2016 to cultivate community, deepen friendships, anchor college identity, and further Great Commission living.
The House System is composed of five distinct student communities known as “houses” — each with their own namesake, leadership team, values, and traditions. Rather than a physical space, a house is a community and culture made up of the people within it. Once accepted into Judson, a student is sorted into his or her house and remains a member of that house from freshman year until graduation.
Home is where your house is.
Your house is the people you do life with. They are your built-in community on campus, your teammates in competitions, and your friends during the highs and lows of each semester.
Character
Service
Friendship
The Houses
Endurance
Selflessness
Teachability
Building a Cross Culture
David Brainerd was an American missionary to Native American people groups in Delaware, New York, and New Jersey. Converted at the age of 21, he began his ministry right away and would only minister for eight years before passing away from Tuberculosis, a disease that he dealt with during most of his missionary endeavors. Brainerd is known for his ministry to Native American people groups despite their initial reluctance to receive the gospel. He was persistent in his ministry and teaching and would eventually see many come to understand the gospel, be saved, and get baptized. Despite ongoing battles with depression, loneliness, and sickness, Brainerd was faithful to gospel ministry during his life and an inspiration to some of the most well-known missionaries in the modern era.
Loyalty
Perseverance
Stewardship
Holding the Rope
Andrew Fuller was a renowned English Baptist theologian and missionary advocate. As he looked to Scripture for his theological convictions, his writings inspired many—including his close friend William Carey. Fuller became one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society, sending Carey to the field. Fuller then directed and maintained the work from home, tirelessly promoting the society and its missionary efforts.
Delight
Service
Devotion
Mobilizing with Delight
George Liele was born into slavery in Virginia and became a Christian in 1773. He had a deep concern for the souls of his fellow slaves and was ordained as a missionary to them in 1775. Liele and many other slaves sided with the British during the Revolutionary War, along with Liele’s owner, Henry Sharp, who granted Liele his freedom in 1778. Liele evacuated the United States after the war with his family and sailed to Jamaica. He soon became a missionary to the Jamaican people, seeing hundreds baptized and organized into churches. He caught the attention of slave owners and the government, and was put in prison several times for causing a disturbance among the slaves. By 1814, Liele’s influence resulted in an estimated 8,000 Baptists in Jamaica.
Creativity
Unity
Faithfullness
Humility
With Truth Comes Beauty
Francis Schaeffer was an American theologian, philosopher and pastor who promoted historic Protestantism instead of the modern approach to theology of his day. He believed that Christian apologetics could answer the questions of modern society. Schaeffer established the L’Abri community in Switzerland, where people seeking answers to life’s questions could come and find their answers in the truths of Scripture. Schaeffer is best known for his unique ability to communicate biblical truth, coupling intellectual integrity with love and care. He was deeply committed to Christ, working hard to understand modern thought and how Scripture answers life’s biggest questions.
Sacrifice
Hospitality
Diligence
Seeking First the Kingdom
Larry and Jean Elliott were long-time missionaries with the International Mission Board, who first considered the nations while living in Cary, NC. Larry graduated with an MDiv from Southeastern Seminary in 1978 while Jean pursued a year of biblical training at Southeastern to prepare for the mission field. After serving as missionaries in Honduras for 25 years, the Elliotts obeyed God’s call to advance the cause of Christ in war-torn Iraq, where after only a few weeks of ministry, they were tragically killed in 2004. The Elliott’s example of courageous faith, missional faithfulness, and joyful sacrifice inspire the Church to persevere in its mission and make disciples wherever God leads.
Who Will Lead Me?
The chancellor is responsible for furthering the house’s strategic plan, achieving house goals and objectives, and developing the members of the leadership team under his or her supervision. The chancellor also inspires vision and mobilizes others towards positive change as he or she guides the house from a position of oversight and experience.
The fellows strive to shepherd their house by developing friendship and furthering community between house members. They also assist with policy enforcement and facilities management within the dorms. Furthermore, the fellows strive to strengthen the identity of the house as a whole by integrating first-year members into its culture.
The regent coordinates the activities and communication within the house to strengthen its identity, unity, and culture. He or she does this by building community, practicing hospitality, planning events, and overseeing both internal and external house communication. The regent also oversees house events and competitions and maintains the house’s traditions.
The scholar is responsible for supporting and resourcing house members towards academic excellence through scholar hours, events, and connections with offices and faculty on campus. The scholar is concerned with student success and academic excellence, encouraging house members to love the Lord with their whole mind.
House Leadership
The House System places responsibility and leadership in the hands of the student. Every year, you and your house will gather to nominate, discuss, pray over, and elect their leadership teams for the coming school year.
These leaders are responsible for guarding and cultivating the culture of their house as they steward the traditions and community passed down to them by those who came before. Together, house leaders urge their houses towards Christlikeness and Great Commission living.
The House Cup
At the start of every fall semester, the five houses gather for their annual kickball tournament — launching the house system into a year-long contest for the legendary house cup. Over the coming months, the houses host a variety of competitions that test the teamwork, unity, spirit, and sportsmanship of each house. With each win and loss, house points are tallied in anticipation of the end-of-year tournament.
The week-long house tournament encompasses several collaborative challenges; individual arts, literature, and music competitions; and a finale field-day contest. At the end-of-year house banquet, the house with the most points takes home the cup and the title of reigning house champion.
The house cup competition holds a special place in the heart of the house system, uniting students in camaraderie and competition as they make memories together. However, at Judson, neither title nor trophy is the ultimate pursuit.
Five Houses, One Cause
It’s true. No one cheers louder than a house member on field day. But when the paint wears off and the cup is put away, one enduring cause remains.
The House System at Judson College brings students together under the same banner of the cause of Christ. Judson students are united in their passion to give their lives for this cause — in the church, among the nations, and in every aspect of society — wherever God calls them.
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College Fall Retreat
Every fall semester, before the approaching demands of midterms, Judson students step away for a weekend of teaching, worship, and rest. For those still settling into community, the Fall Retreat offers opportunities for students to form friendships with those in other houses and to deepen bonds within their own house.
Calibrate
For Judson students, the monthly Calibrate Worship Night is a treasured time of worship and recentering for the whole college. Over the course of the school year, each house hosts one of these worship nights, calibrating their fellow students towards the truth of the gospel in their lives.
D-Groups
During their first two semesters at Judson College, students are placed in discipleship groups, called D-Groups, which are primarily led by upperclassmen in the college. D-Groups initiate spiritual conversations and discipleship in a small-scale setting as students navigate their first year of school.
Mission Trips
Many Judson students go on at least one Southeastern-led mission trip during their time in college. Made available through the Center for Great Commission Studies and led by faculty members, these trips help students put their words into action. Students get to see firsthand the work of the gospel among the lost as they serve side by side with their classmates and the missionaries on the ground.
GOing Fridays
GOing Fridays are opportunities for Judson students to live on mission where God has called them right now. Every semester, students gather for evangelism training and to go out together into the Wake Forest community and share the gospel with their neighbors. These Fridays challenge students to live as gospel witnesses in every season of their lives.
At the start of every fall semester, the five houses gather for their annual kickball tournament — launching the house system into a year-long contest for the legendary house cup. Over the coming months, the houses host a variety of competitions that test the teamwork, unity, spirit, and sportsmanship of each house. With each win and loss, house points are tallied in anticipation of the end-of-year tournament.
