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From Hollywood to the halls of college campuses around the country, actor Jen Lilley is moving forward with what she is calling a \u201cvision\u201d from the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had this spiritual vision of a bright pink wave popping up all over college campuses, accompanied by a fire and revival of the Holy Spirit,\u201d she said on CBN\u2019s \u201cFaith in Culture.\u201d \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Lord, what is this?\u2019 And He gave me the name, \u2018Wake Up Your Campus.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Lilley, a \u201cDays of Our Lives\u201d alumna and frequent\u00a0Hallmark movie staple, revealed to CBN News she is formally launching\u00a0a four-week college tour, beginning March 29.<\/p>\n
While 33 college campus ministries have expressed interest in hosting the campaign, Lilley is\u00a0still raising funds\u00a0to extend the tour.<\/p>\n
All this comes as colleges across the U.S. are seeing spiritual awakenings break out. For example, this month, a spiritual phenomenon is underway at the University of Central Florida, where\u00a0some 1,600 students have responded to the Gospel.<\/p>\n
Lilley\u2019s upcoming campus events center on her recently released book, a 365-day devotional, \u201cWake Up Your Faith.\u201d The celebrity said she is sending kits to the campus ministry coordinators ahead of time. Each kit includes dozens of copies of her book as well as 40 pink tickets to be hidden around the campuses, inscribed with messages asking finders if they want to be entered to win $1,000.<\/p>\n
As the scavenger hunt unfolds \u2014\u00a0and the ticket finders bring others into their challenges \u2014\u00a0each step directly connects students to on-campus ministry leaders. The \u201cwhole goal\u201d of these challenges, Lilley said, is \u201cfollow-up discipleship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really is like a treasure hunt that leads straight to Jesus,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Lilley\u2019s vision, she explained, was born out of a generational fervor for spiritual meaning.<\/p>\n
Listen to the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n She compared members of Generation Z to the teenagers and 20-somethings of the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of whom were captivated by the hippie and free-love culture that dominated the age.<\/p>\n Disenchanted with the social norms of the 1950s and 60s, the youth of that era turned to illicit drug use and sexual exploration that countered biblical sexuality. While there was no singular reason for the rise of the hippie generation, it was catalyzed \u2014 at least in part \u2014\u00a0by a hunger for something more meaningful, more substantive, something the preceding generation, at least in perception, lacked.<\/p>\n Those misguided decisions ultimately paved the way for what came to be known as the \u201cJesus Movement,\u201d a spiritual awakening that swept largely across Southern California, providing the Gospel as an answer to the lost and questioning youth of that generation.<\/p>\n \u201cI find that there\u2019s a lot in common with the \u2018Jesus People\u2019 and the hippies in the 70s with the modern-day Gen Zs, kids who are in college right now,\u201d said Lilley. \u201cWhat the similarity is is they\u2019re seeking truth in a lot of the wrong places, but they\u2019re done with gimmicks, they\u2019re done with sales pitches. They just \u2014\u00a0they don\u2019t like division \u2014 they really just want truth.\u201d<\/p>\n Lilley, it seems, is on to something. The data certainly bears out the belief that younger Americans are searching for answers to significant spiritual questions.<\/p>\n In the aftermath of the assassination of Christian activist Charlie Kirk in September of last year, there was\u00a0an apparent surge\u00a0in spiritual conversations and a noticeable swell in church attendance as well as Bible sales, marked by a 22% spike from the year before.<\/p>\n The most recent\u00a0State of the Church study\u00a0by Barna Group found Scripture reading is on the rise among Gen Zers and Millennials, with just shy of half saying they engage with the Bible weekly. And for Americans adults across the board, there was a 12-point uptick in the percentage who read Scripture every week, from 30% in 2024 to 42% in 2025.<\/p>\n However, there is a disparity between the number of Americans reading Scripture and the percentage who affirm its veracity. David Kinnaman, CEO of Barna Group, said of the findings: \u201cEngagement is outpacing conviction,\u201d noting the gap \u201cis worth paying attention to.\u201d<\/p>\n That is why,\u00a0for Lilley,\u00a0discipleship is a critical component of what she is hoping unfolds on college campuses across the country. She referenced the parable of the farmer scattering seed in\u00a0Matthew 13:19, when Jesus said, \u201cThe seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don\u2019t understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts\u201d (NLT).<\/p>\n \u201cThe enemy will come and he will try to take that seed right out of their hearts,\u201d she said, referring to sharing the Gospel with unbelievers. \u201cSo getting them plugged in [to a local church] is definitely a strategic key and that\u2019s definitely how God\u2019s Kingdom works.\u201d<\/p>\n To learn more about Lilley\u2019s \u201cWake Up Your Campus\u201d campaign or to contribute to the ministry,\u00a0click here. 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