Is RUF the church?  And if I'm involved in a campus ministry is that the main place where God wants me to plug into during college?  RUF is "the" church, but we're not "a" church.  Or to put that another way, while we could call RUF an "arm" of the church reaching out to the college campus, it is not the local church and shouldn't become a substitute for being engaged in a local church.  God says we are each individually members of the bigger Body of Christ.  That means 1) You need the church and 2) the church needs you (see Romans 12, Ephesians 4).  God made you to come alive inside the church and its local manifestation (the local church).  He also made the church to come alive as God's people in a particular area gather together to worship, serve, and follow him.  

Here are two particular churches near NMSU's campus where you'll find a lot of RUF students getting deeply plugged in.  Talk to us to get a sense of how you can fit into one of these churches and shoot us an email if you'd like a ride!  Click on the logos for their websites.

University Presbyterian Church