About The Absalom Jones Center
The Diocese of Atlanta, through its campus ministry at the Absalom Jones Student Center and Chapel, serves the members of Atlanta University Center community by providing opportunities for worship in the Episcopal faith and access to a high-tech computer lab, forums for study and discussions, space for group meetings, counseling for personal and spiritual concerns, spiritual direction, food and fellowship after the Eucharist services.
Since the Episcopal Church has come into a cooperative ecumenical relationship with the Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Campus Ministry shares office space in the Absalom Jones Center. Additionally, the Absalom Jones Center has become a home away from home for Anglican international students.
The Absalom Jones Center & Chapel's mission is to teach values and build leaders.
In 1958, the Episcipal Diocese of Atlanta implemented an outreach ministry in a "crucial frontier"-- the Atlanta University Center (AUC) As the worlds largest consortium of historically-black colleges and universities and the place where many of the nation's African-American leaders have recieved eucational training, AUC presented a clear opportunity for the church to reach African-Americans and strengthen its partnership with the black community.
The Center is named for the former slave and first African-American Episcopal priest, Absalom Jones. Jones was an impressive teacher and pastor and an important figure in the history of the Episcopal church. His legaxy continues to inspire African-Americans throughout the nation.
