As the clock ticks near 8 p.m. on Monday nights, a room within the Judy Rose Athletic Center fills with the sound of excited chatter. The room becomes silent as the lights dim and faint strums of a guitar are heard. For 45 minutes each week, a group of Charlotte students pause their school lives, take a break from working out and plug into the gospel.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, or FCA as it’s more commonly known, has taken the Charlotte campus by storm. After starting with four members meeting outside of Prospector in 2012, the meetings quickly grew as each of the four members would bring friends back each week.