“I know it’s early, but sacrificing 15 to 30 extra minutes of your day to get in quality, intentional time with the Lord is so important and needed, especially when our schedules get so busy and disappear later in the afternoon,” Norcross said.

In 1945, a group of Baylor students began leading a series of worship gatherings that came to be known as the Waco Youth Revivals. The meetings sparked a nationwide Youth Revival Movement that is registered as one of the largest student-led revivals in American history. Today, FM72 leaders believe God can “do it again.”

Thousands gathered for the Collegiate Day of Prayer on Thursday in Waco Hall, with countless more in overflow locations in Waco and across the world, praying for revival in Generation Z.

For the first time, the 200-year-old Collegiate Day of Prayer is coming to Waco, bringing with it hopes of the same revivalism that touched Asbury University in 2023.

Burleson said that in a time of intercession for those involved in a conflict, one must lay down one’s own burden and be willing to be burdened for others, and the prayer was an opportunity for the Baylor community to take on the burden of the Israeli and Palestinian people.

Now that the sun has set on the 2022-2023 academic year, The Baylor Lariat has compiled all the most important Baylor-focused news since August. In chronological order, here they are.