Samford University
Join us for Large Group on Tuesdays at 8PM in Hodges Chapel! Regular Large Group will resume in February after StepSing. In January, join us on Tuesday nights at Covenant Presbyterian Church for our January Mini-Series at 7PM! Follow us on Instagram for more announcements and updates.
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Welcome to RUF Samford! We are a campus ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) that exists to reach students from all walks of life with the good news of the Gospel. We are here for the believer and the skeptic, the convinced and the unconvinced. Our mission is to be a safe community that wrestles together with the claims of God's Word and that equips students for a lifetime of loving Jesus and serving him wherever they are.
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Meet Our Team
Ben Griffith
Ben is from Hattiesburg, MS, and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2008. He met his wife Rebecca through RUF while there, and both have had a deep love and appreciation for the ministry of RUF ever since. Rebecca is from Memphis and graduated from Ole Miss. Ben served on the staff of First Presbyterian Church of Hattiesburg from 2008 to 2019, as the youth minister and then associate pastor. From 2019 to 2023, he served as assistant pastor at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, TN. Ben and Rebecca have three kids: Margaret, Owen, and Libby.
Brooks Brown
Brooks is originally from Franklin, TN, and graduated from the University of Tennessee where his faith and his relationship with Jesus became his own. He was a Young Life leader in Knoxville for three years, which is what first excited him about ministry and led him to the RUF Internship. Brooks loves quality time with friends, a competitive game of pickleball, and a good cup of coffee. He is excited to join the Samford RUF team and see all that God has in store for him and the students there!
Mary Blake Fletcher
Mary Blake is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, who graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Music. Since her freshman year of college, Mary Blake has experienced God's faithfulness in countless ways at RUF; particularly through Christ-centered community and teaching that deepened her understanding of who God is and how He is working in our lives. In her free time, Mary Blake loves embroidery, gardening, pickleball, going on walks with friends, and watching anything created by PBS masterpiece. She is so excited to be in Birmingham and to see how God is moving at Samford University!
Joy Harmon
I was born in Montgomery, AL, and lived there my whole life until college, where I attended Auburn University. I have had countless people pour into my life throughout college, and the Lord has used them to grow me in so many ways. So excited to walk alongside college students at Samford!