"There seems to be more interaction between the Christian groups," Chen said. "I feel that the Jesus Week event has helped bring Christian groups together."

Although group leaders agree that Jesus Week successfully increased interaction between their organizations, they differ on how much of a problem unity was in the past.

Ingalls says that the campaign for unity was not a response to a problem but merely a fulfillment of Christian teachings of togetherness.

But Matthew S. Vogel '01, president of the Catholic Student Association (CSA), says that members of his organization have felt a genuine lack of connection to other Christian groups in the past.

"For a long time, the CSA had stronger times with non-Christian

religious groups than they did with Christian groups," Vogel said.

Vogel attributed the tension to the historical split between Catholics and Protestants.

"Catholics don't know a lot about Protestants generally, and Protestants generally don't know a lot about Catholics," he said.

Vogel calls Jesus Week a step in the right direction towards connecting CSA to the larger Christian community.

Tough Choices

Although Christian group leaders claim newfound unity, some difficult questions still cause splits between their members.

One controversy at a nearby college brought the issue of homosexuality to the forefront for Christian students.

In May, a committee of the student government at Tufts University "de-recognized" an on-campus evangelical group after the group refused one student a leadership position because she believed that homosexuality was not immoral. She brought a complaint alleging anti-gay discrimination; the group countered that they were merely obeying their religious teachings.

The Tufts organization was reinstated following an appeal, but the affair--which brought headlines in The Boston Globe and pieces by national columnists--forced Harvard Christian groups to examine their own policies on homosexuality.

Not everyone has reached the same conclusion.

Ingalls said HRCF would "probably not" allow a student who condoned homosexuality to become a leader, although she added it would not be an easy decision.