Student Venture is an

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organization affiliated with

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that promotes

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and discipleship on junior and senior high school campuses.

Activities

Student Venture activities include student meetings, discussion groups, 1-on-1 counseling, leadership training, conferences, retreats and summer mission trip opportunities. In 1994, the New York Times reported that Student Venture had helped organize junior high and high school students into prayer groups with over 177,000 participants.

Court rulings

In the 1980s, Student Venture was denied permission to rent meeting space from a high school in the Centenniel School District in Pennsylvania. A lawsuit was subsequently filed by Student Venture's parent organization,

, which was eventually heard by the

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. In ''Gregoire v. Centennial School District'' (1990)'','' the Court ruled in favor of Student Venture, claiming denial of facilities for religious organizations created a "limited open forum".

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.studentventure.org/ Christian youth organizations Evangelical parachurch organizations Christian organizations established in 1966 Christian youth organizations based in the United States