R20 Nights is a Friday gathering for Columbia students who are curious, searching, or simply done going through the motions. No pressure. Real community. Genuine faith.
College is a season of enormous pressure and enormous possibility. R20 Nights exists for students navigating all of it — the academic weight, the social searching, the quiet questions about purpose and meaning that don't fit neatly into a syllabus.
R20 is part of First Love Church New York — a church with deep roots in both Africa and Manhattan. On Friday nights at Columbia, we bring that community to your campus.
A genuine musical experience — not background noise. Songs that give language to what you're feeling, whether or not you've ever sung in a church before.
Real messages for real life. We tackle the questions people actually have — doubt, suffering, identity, the future — without pretending the answers are easy.
Coffee, desserts, and actual conversation. The hour after the service is where most people decide to come back — because they met someone worth knowing.
R20 Nights anchors at Columbia, but our Bible Hangout community stretches across four New York campuses. Find yours.
Let us know you're coming. We'll have someone look out for you when you arrive — no awkward wandering.
Walking into a new church community is a real thing to do. We know that. R20 exists to make the first step as easy as possible — and the second step worth taking.
No follow-up spam. We'll reach out once to say hi. That's it — unless you want more.
No pressure to join anything. Come to the service. Enjoy the coffee. See how you feel.
Questions welcome. Doubt doesn't disqualify you here. It's actually why we exist.