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Where it started

Indiana
University.

A Night with the Son, the campus-wide worship night at Indiana University (IU), was held Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and ran 1 hour 45 minutes. 7,500 people attended, including more than 4,000 Indiana University students. Tiffany Hudson of Elevation Worship led worship and Cliffe and Stuart Knechtle of Give Me An Answer spoke. 134 people committed their lives to Jesus for the first time and 632 recommitted — 766 in total — and 1,850 committed to sharing the gospel more. Twelve Indiana University campus ministries formed the coalition that organized it.

Date
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Venue
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
City
Bloomington, Indiana
Runtime
1 hour 45 minutes
Worship
Tiffany Hudson, Elevation Worship
Message
Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle, Give Me An Answer
Coalition
12 campus ministries

The film

One hour,
forty-five minutes.

The night exists to worship Jesus, and nothing else. We bring in familiar voices to help lead it.

Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall · Bloomington, Indiana · Wednesday, April 8, 2026

The lineup

Who led
the night.

Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle on stage at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

Give Me An Answer

Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle

A father and son who have spent decades answering the questions students ask on college campuses. Cliffe stayed two more days for open Q&A.

Two days of open Q&A.

givemeananswer.org

Who invited the campus

Including Fernando Mendoza and Omar Cooper.

Fernando Mendoza went first overall in the 2026 NFL Draft and Omar Cooper Jr. went in the first round. The same season they led Indiana to an undefeated national championship, they helped invite their campus to the night.

Fernando Mendoza
QB, Heisman winner. No. 1 overall, Las Vegas Raiders.
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR. No. 30 overall, New York Jets.
Two students in worship, one with her hand pressed over her face

The response

134 gave their lives to Jesus for the first time.

632 recommitted theirs.

Over ten percent of the room

committed or recommitted their lives
766
committed to sharing the gospel more
1,850
committed to joining a church or ministry
325

All 766 left knowing which ministry to walk into that week.

Attendance and response figures self-reported by A Night with the Son. Student attendance as reported by the Indiana Daily Student, April 9, 2026.

The coalition

twelve ministries. Every week.

These are the ministries that make a night last. They help fill the arena, and they are still meeting every week afterward. We build a coalition like this on a campus before we book anything.

  • Greek IV
  • Chi Alpha
  • Salt Company
  • CSF
  • FCA
  • Navigators
  • RUF
  • Cru
  • IV Undergrad
  • AIA
  • The Loft
  • Asian Christian Fellowship
When and where each one meets

All 12 meet weekly during the academic year at Indiana University.

The night, in frames

What it looks like.

A standing crowd bathed in amber stage light, hands raised, eyes closed
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, 8:47 PM
A student in a red NWS polo climbs the stage stairs toward a hazy, packed arena
Stage left, before the last song
Wall-to-wall students filling the stands of Assembly Hall
7,500 people.
Shot from section 108
Wide view of the full arena, stage and video walls at left, bowl packed with students
Bloomington, Indiana. April 8, 2026
Cliffe Knechtle alone in a spotlight, one finger raised
The message ran forty minutes
The video wall showing a live close-up of the student crowd under the venue nameplate
On the video wall, mid-worship

What happens next

Bring a night
to your campus.

A night is built the same way on every campus. The ministries unite first, the room comes second, and it ends by handing students off to the ministries that will still be there next week.

How to organize a campus-wide worship night