Welcome to
Koinonia Christian Fellowship
at Clarion University

During the academic year, Crossroads (campus student group) meets every Tuesday night at 8:00 PM in Room 152 of the Gemmell Student Complex to worship God, pray together, and learn about what it means to live out our faith in every area of our lives. Presently Crossroads meets in an online format due to the university being temporally closed because of COVID 19.

We believe that all things belong to God, and that our purpose is to bring glory to Him in everything that we do in life.

We seek to help Christians grow in their faith and become more dedicated disciples of Christ as well as to help seeking students understand who Jesus is.

Crossroads
"The Koinonia ministry was accepting of everybody. It didn’t matter what your background was – you could be accepted. Everyone looked out for each other and we formed a close bond. At Koinonia, we made friendships that will probably last a lifetime."
                                                                                -Ryan Seth, Koinonia Alumni and CUP graduate

Contact us at 
koinonia@clarion.edu 
or
jwilhelm@ccojubilee.org
740-792-0251
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Click on the above link to go to VERSE FOR THE DAY.
What's that funny name mean anyway?
Noun 1.koinonia - Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians.
Click on calendar event below for additional information
To learn how you can support this ministry to university students, click on the support button below.

Student Spotlight

Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing a "Student Spotlight" to feature several of the students who are involved with Koinonia at Clarion University. Each spotlight will feature a little bit about the student and how Koinonia has impacted their life. We hope you enjoy getting to know our students who are the heartbeat of our ministry!
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Mikayla is a senior criminal justice major at Clarion University. She has been a part of Crossroads since her sophomore year and has been a student leader for over two years. Mikayla, who was not a Christian entering into college, has seen her life changed drastically by the work of Koinonia on campus. "If it were not for the ministry of Koinonia on campus I would be dead, God literally saved my life from the ashes and brought me into His glorious light!". After becoming a Christian Mikayla has been all-in for the Lord, spending her summer at the Ocean City Beach Project, which is a Christian Leadership development program, and now choosing to go into full time ministry with her church back home upon graduation this spring. Mikayla also praises God for the way He used the work of Koinonia to bring her family to Him. "After I became a Christian I started to invite my family to church, my mom was battling cancer at the time and it was a very rough season for my whole family in general, through it all though God was faithful, not only was my mom pronounced cancer free, but my mom and dad both accepted Jesus as Savior".
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Claire is a junior marketing major at Clarion University and has been a member of Koinonia since her freshman year. Claire grew up in the church and upon arriving at Clarion was set on getting plugged into campus ministry. Her and her friends took the first couple weeks checking out the different ministries on campus and ended up choosing Koinonia. "Koinonia was a place I immediately felt welcomed, there was love there and they spoke the truth of the Gospel. I got to sit down for coffee with John, the campus minister, the first week and from there on it was my home away from home". Since then, Claire has joined leadership team, has done the Ocean City Beach Project, and will be a marketing intern for the ministry work at The Philadelphia Project. When Claire graduates in the fall she plans to follow God's call on her life and become a campus ministry fellow with the CCO. "My time in Koinonia has changed my life and God has used it to confirm my call into full time ministry. I am excited to use the gifts He has given me to share the Gospel with college students just like myself." ​
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​Mia is a graduate student in the speech pathology department and has been a member of Koinonia for over five years. Since being in grad school Mia has noticed a shift in her course load and the fresh burdens placed upon her. Her fear entering into this season was that she would be overwhelmed by schoolwork and, with all her friends graduating, without a community. "I was nervous about coming back for grad school, more work, all my friends gone, what would I do? God has been so sweet to me in this new season. He has continued to call me to be a leader in this ministry and has provided me with more solid Biblical friendships than I had my first four years. God is so good and his presence through Koinonia is so evident."
Thanks to your generous support of Koinonia, we get to minister to students like Mikayla, Claire and Mia every day and witness the transformative power of Jesus in the lives of our students and their families! Interested in partnering with us?
Click here for more info: https://www.koinoniaatclarion.com/partner-with-us.html

Looking for a place to worship and fellowship?

Here are some churches in the Clarion area that would love for you to be a part of their church family.
​Click on the church name for more information.