Campus Ministries

Gallaudet University recognizes the importance of a diversity of religious faiths on the overall spiritual development and educational experience of students. The Office of Campus Ministries (OCM), a unit of Student Affairs, exists to serve and minister to the entire Gallaudet University community.

The Office of Campus Ministries (OCM) offices are located in Ely Center, first floor west. The Chapel is in the Student Union, in the northwest corner of the lower level Atrium, Room L001, opposite the Food Court.

Campus Ministries is a volunteer group of staff, including full-time and part-time religious workers appointed by their jurisdictional supervisors and recognized by the University as religious workers to serve and minister on campus. The office of Campus Ministries' recognized members may minister in various ways:

• fostering the moral and spiritual development of members of the community
• leading worship services, both of their own denomination and ecumenical
• offering pastoral counseling, encouragement, and solace
• explaining and giving instruction in the beliefs and practices of their faith, to those who inquire
• participation in, and discussion of social justice and responsibility issues
• providing social and religious events and experiences
• maintaining a ministry of presence on campus

The members of the Office of Campus Ministries, in carrying out their individual ministries, also work together for mutual support, occasional ecumenical programs and services to the Gallaudet community.