WHO WE ARE
A center for Christian thought and formation at one of the world’s most influential universities.
At UCLA, tens of thousands of students and faculty are asking the deepest questions of life. Many of our society’s most influential researchers, creators, activists, and entrepreneurs begin their journey at UCLA, yet most never encounter a thoughtful, credible witness to the Christian vision of life during their most formative years.
The Augustine Center is a Christian study center that integrates Christian faith with the intellectual life of the university. Distinct from traditional campus ministries, we focus explicitly on equipping students and scholars to bring their faith to bear on their academic disciplines, research, and future vocations.
Events
Public lectures and conversations open to all of campus.
Residence
Shared Christian living and learning in a newly remodeled house across the street from campus.
Reading Groups
Close readings of seminal texts at the heart of the Christian tradition.
A PROVEN MODEL
The impact of Christian study centers
The Christian Study Center movement, begun in the 1960s, has a proven formula for reaching and equipping university students and faculty to make a difference for the kingdom of God through their study and work.
The Augustine Center equips UCLA students and faculty to advance a Christian vision of wholeness within a disintegrating world. We raise up compelling witnesses and imaginative workers who act as signposts for God’s work of New Creation at UCLA and throughout every major field of vocation.
To learn more about the growing Christian Study Center movement, visit cscmovement.org or check out this video!
WATCH OUR LATEST LECTURE
A Conversation with
Dr. Peter Kreeft
Dr. Peter Kreeft is one of the most widely read and engaging Christian thinkers of our time. A longtime professor of philosophy at Boston College and the author of more than 100 books, he has spent his career helping ordinary Christians wrestle with life’s greatest questions: Who is God? What is truth? What makes a life good? How can reason strengthen faith? And what does it mean to be fully human?
This online conversation is a collaboration between Pacifica Christian-Orange County's The Great Conversations and Pacifica Christian-Santa Monica's Center for Philosophy & Theology.
UCLA sends them everywhere.
We send them formed.
THE RESIDENCE
Interested in living in
our house?
A shared Christian living and learning household, across the street from campus.
The deepest kind of formation can’t happen at an event. It happens slowly over shared meals, at morning and evening prayer, and in books read around a table with friends. The rhythm is ordinary; the result is not. Studies, vocation, friendship, and faith stop being four separate aspects of life and become one integrated whole.
Residents commit to the household rule of life for the academic year and walk with a mentor from the Center. Rooms are limited and applications open each spring.
Contributors and Advisors
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Jeremy Treat
PhD, Wheaton College
Pastor/Elder at Reality LA -
Quen Cheng
MD, UCSD and PhD, UCLA
Assistant Clinical Professor, Infectious Diseases at UCLA -
Yucan Chiu
Vice President of Movement Strategic Services, Redeemer City to City
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Naomi Yoder
PhD, UCLA
Professor of Psychology at Chapman University -
Ryan Larson
Judge, 395th District, TX
UCLA Alumnus -
Isaac Brickner
Branch leader of Jews for Jesus Los Angeles
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John Book
PhD, Southern Seminary
Over 20 years of ministry with Cru at UCLA -
Martín González-Cabello
PhD candidate, UCLA
MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management -
Greg Ganssle
PhD, Syracuse University
Board of Directors, Rivendell Institute at Yale -
Sam Song
COO of City to City SoCal
Founder of The Beautiful Future -
Matthew Maxwell
MBA, UCLA
Founder of Family First Music Group -
Frederick Barber
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Consortium of Christian Study Centers
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Yiyi Yao
PhD, UCLA
Chemistry -
Brian Dillard
Regional Development Director, Biola University
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Winston Gee
PhD, UCLA
Chemistry