Introducing Our New Student
Roofbreaker Network
By Fiona Gosden, Deputy Church Inclusion Co-ordinator
It is fantastic to see our new Student Roofbreaker network
growing so quickly! We were delighted to have Heather,
a medical student from Edinburgh University (Student
Roofbreaker Coordinator) and Amy (an audiology student
from Leeds University) at our first UK-wide zoom event
at the end of May: ‘Roofbreaking in Lockdown’. We hope
to see more students with a heart for Christian disability
inclusion join us over our next few online events.
The Student Roofbreakers Facebook group seems to be
working well connecting students across the UK with a
heart for disability inclusion in Christian activities. We are
always ready to welcome new Student Roofbreakers and
make sure those with a shared vision are connected.
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Heather
recently because the Student Roofbreaker network is
keen to share salvation testimonies involving Christian
Unions with other students.
It is so encouraging to have a team
developing, to ensure that student
Christian activities are inclusive
because although God can use
individuals to make change, when our
shared vision, hearts and gifts come
together, we are unstoppable!
Our prayer is that this network continues to grow and that
ultimately, more disabled people are reached through
inclusive teaching and fellowship. The students’ network
is not only making it possible for disabled people to join
in with Christian activities, but it could also be making it
possible for disabled students to hear and respond to the
Gospel for the first time.
If you are a student (or potential student when
Universities are out of lockdown), we would love to
welcome you to this network. We have seen that there
is a cluster of students in Leeds, proactively ensuring
their student church services develop in their disability
awareness and making sure churches are ready to
welcome disabled students and the gifts they bring,
and it’d be great to keep this growing around
the country.
If you would like to know what to pray for, we are excited
at the thought of more Christian students catching this
vision over the country and would need God to open
doors for this to happen. We will keep you updated
on new developments!
Heather, our student Roofbreaker Co-ordinator
www.throughtheroof.org