Christian fraternities and sororities

[RioLambdaAlum]

i know that ohio northern university has a christian sorority and frat, i forget what they are but one of the guys i worked with when i was doing my internship a couple summers ago at the tv station was in it and his gf was in the sorority.

[ADChiLyssie]

I am a proud alumni of Alpha Delta Chi the national Christian Sorority. I was in the Theta chapter at Fresno State and It made my college experience everything I wanted and more! There are currently 13 active chapters throughout the US and one chapter is in the refounding process. There is also interest growing at UVA and there is an Alumni at Texas A&M who is trying to start up a new chapter there as well. For more information check out the national website at www.alphadeltachi.org

We also have a brother fraternity Alpha Gamma Omega who has 9 chapters, 8 in California and one in Colorado at CU and a Colony is in progress at Colorado State. They are amazing men and I know we at Fresno are totally blessed by their presence at State and the brother and sisterhood we share. For more info on AGO go to their national website www.ago.org

[naraht]

I think of there being two generations of Christian Fraternities. The first one which basically ran from more or less the beginning of the social fraternal movement until the 1960s and the second which ran from the 1980s until today.

For the first generation. as I understand it, a significant number of current (and former) members of the NIC required that their members be Christian. These requirements were side by side with other requirements such as ethnic/racial limitations. I believe that these occured more often in fraternities founded south of the Mason-Dixon line, but was not limited to them either. I'm not really sure when these religious requirements went away though. I know that some of the NPC sororities also had similar limitations, but I know less about them.

Also, the religious requirements may have gone away in two phases, IMO, it is easier to justify to a college administration requiring a belief in God (banning atheists) than requiring a belief in Jesus Christ (banning Jews).

I don't *think* that any of the NPHC fraternities had (or have) religious requirements except maybe for a belief in God.

In the second generation, the reaction of administrations tends to vary based on how much the group attempts to act like a social GLO. If a Christian Fraternity acts like a subset of IVCF with Greek Letters and is willing to be on the Inter-religious council, I think they won't get much static. If, OTOH, they make an active effort to join the local IFC, things tend to get much uglier...

Also, does anyone know of any current GLOs with a Religious requirement other than Christianity? (have to be a Jew, have to be a Muslim, etc.)

[33girl]

I thought there was a Muslim-based sorority, but I can't remember the name now.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I thought there was a Muslim-based sorority, but I can't remember the name now.

Gamma Gamma Chi

http://www.gammagammachi.org/

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I thought there was a Muslim-based sorority, but I can't remember the name now.

Gamma Gamma Chi

[KSUViolet06]

I just wanted to add that I'm a member of the Kappa Phi Club for Christian women. It's a Greek letter service org. for christian women. Another girl on this site (That1LoudChick) is also a member. We're not a sorority though, we're pretty much open membership (similar to APO/GSS).
We do service projects and have fellowship activities. A lot of our sisters are greeks too ( I'm a Sigma, and two others are DZ and Chi- O). It's pretty cool though.

www.kappaphi.org
(National)
www.ksukappaphi.com
(Kent State)

Oh- We're national, so I was wondering if any of you have a Kappa Phi chapter on your campus.

[SIAsensacion]

University of Maryland has 2 Christian greek orgs--Alpha Nu Omega Sorority and Alpha Nu Omega Fraternity (they are brother and sister orgs, hence the same greek letters in their names). They seem to have some of the same traditions as the BGLOs, and their membership on campus when I was there was mostly Black. From what I have seen, they have maintained good numbers ever since they arrived on campus.

[o2bame]

Alpha Nu Omega is a Christian Sorority at my school.

[DeltaSigStan]

Alpha Gamma Omega and Alpha Delta Chi both have chapters and houses at SDSU. AGO is asked to participate in sorority philanthropy.

[Zetagymnast]

I know some of the members of ANQ in Maryland.

[AXOeva]

No one has posted to this thread in a long time, but I wanted to bump it with some exciting news. This summer Sigma Alpha Omega offically became Sigma Alpha Omega, Incorporated. We now have a national board, trustees, conventions and are continually pursuing expansion. We have seven chapters across the country and three pledging chapters (colonies) and might have up to three more pledging chapters. If there is anyone out there looking to start a Christian sorority or is involved in a Christian organization that would like to align with a national organization, please check out our national website (still under construction, though) www.sigmaalphaomega.org There you can find information about expansion and contact information.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally posted by AXOeva
No one has posted to this thread in a long time, but I wanted to bump it with some exciting news. This summer Sigma Alpha Omega offically became Sigma Alpha Omega, Incorporated. We now have a national board, trustees, conventions and are continually pursuing expansion. We have seven chapters across the country and three pledging chapters (colonies) and might have up to three more pledging chapters. If there is anyone out there looking to start a Christian sorority or is involved in a Christian organization that would like to align with a national organization, please check out our national website (still under construction, though) www.sigmaalphaomga.org. There you can find information about expansion and contact information.

As a woman of faith, that is very cool

[Erik P Conard]

and scary

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by Erik P Conard
and scary

WTF?