A student-centered conversation on faith, identity, and meaning.
An on-campus listening and engagement experience for Black college students, built on the simple idea that Jesus asked more questions than he answered.
Bring it to your campusA full-day campus engagement event.
The Ask Initiative provides students with a welcoming space to wrestle with spirituality, identity, doubt, purpose, and the pressing issues shaping their lives. It blends hospitality, intellectual depth, and cultural relevance to create an environment where students feel seen, heard, and invited to think deeply.
We step on campus and hand students the mic, capturing their unfiltered thoughts about the relevance of faith, Christianity, and the church in their daily lives.
Those same questions come to the stage for a live, honest Q&A with scholars, historians, and influencers who have expertise in the topics we address.
Why the Ask Initiative matters
It advances the mission in real time
The Ask Initiative places Jude 3 Project directly among the young adults we exist to serve, engaging skepticism with truth, grace, and intellectual honesty.
It produces content rooted in real questions
Every conversation informs what Jude 3 teaches and creates, ensuring our resources address the actual struggles shaping belief today, not assumptions.
It introduces credible voices
At each stop we elevate theologically sound communicators who help translate Christian faith into language this generation understands and trusts.
Jackson State Ask Initiative recap
What Jude 3 provides
$0 to your campus
- ✓Food for all attendees
- ✓All speaker honorariums and travel
- ✓Videographer and media capture
- ✓Full marketing and promotional materials
- ✓Event signage and campus-wide branding
- ✓Two $500 student book scholarships per campus
- ✓Giveaways, QR code materials, and digital resources
- ✓All event staffing and logistics
What we ask of the campus
Minimal, and we help with all of it
- •A room that seats 60–100 with audio/video capability
- •Help connecting with campus administration on food and parking approval
- •A designated student moderator for the Talk Back and panel
- •Help distributing promotional materials (fliers, QR codes, digital)
- •Optional partnership with a campus ministry or multicultural office for an icebreaker and prayer
Follow the journey on Instagram.
See the questions, the campuses, and the conversations as they happen @jude3project.
Host the Ask Initiative.
Tell us about your campus and we'll be in touch. The program is fully funded by Jude 3 Project, so there's no cost to host.
Prefer email? Reach our primary contact, Don Carey, at don@jude3project.com.