A Christian university in Florida has said an annual conference has developed into what it described as a “transformative outpouring," with students continuing in worship and prayer days after the event was due to end.

Southeastern University (SEU) said in a social media post that what began as a conference had become “a move of God on campus." 

In a video shared online, the university's president, Dr Kent Ingle, described students pursuing Jesus “in worship and prayer," adding that their hunger was “both beautiful and humbling to witness." 

SEU Conference is an annual event focused on teaching and worship. However, according to John Rivera, a pastor at SEU, there was a moment when it “stopped being a conference” and became “something else." 

“It feels like the lid of what’s possible is being raised,” he told Premier Christian News.

The university opened its Bush Chapel to allow worship and prayer to continue, with the space reportedly in use day and night since then.

Rivera compared the atmosphere in the chapel to “a fog over the room that just won’t leave," and said multiple healings had been reported in recent days.

The university temporarily suspended classes before introducing a timetable that allowed both students and members of the public to visit.

Describing what he sees as Gen Z’s spiritual openness, Rivera said: “No one’s telling them to do it.”

Christian speaker Jennie Allen said in a post on X that her “whole heart” was with those involved and urging the Church to pray for the “leaders and students stewarding this." 

“Students are like… we don’t want to go to class [or] do anything. We just want to be here,” Rivera added.