Phi Kappa Chi is a locally founded Christian fraternity at Baylor University. Since 1988, Phi Chi has built a brotherhood of men committed to Christ and to one another.
The men entrusted to lead Phi Chi in faith, service, and brotherhood.
In December 1987, two Baylor students — Ty Bollinger and Trent Hampton — began a conversation about starting something different. They named it Philos Kruxos Xristos, meaning "brotherhood centered on Christ."
Four months later, on April 21, 1988, Baylor University granted Phi Kappa Chi its charter — the fastest charter ever granted to a fraternity at Baylor. Unlike national chapters, Phi Chi was founded here, by Baylor students, for Baylor students, and it exists nowhere else.
Each spring, Phi Kappa Chi hosts the Light Your World Award Banquet to honor the Baylor professors, faculty, and staff who light up our world. Every Baylor student, not only members of the fraternity, is invited to nominate someone who has made a lasting impact on their life in and beyond the classroom.
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”Matthew 5:16
The purpose shall be to unify this fraternity through the love of Christ while building a strong sense of self identity and character with a group of friends, through community service, Christian fellowship and physical and academic discipline. This fraternity will strive to maintain encouragement and comfort while urging our brothers to live lives worthy of God.
“We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.”
1 Thessalonians 2:8 · NIV 1984
We believe that there is one God, existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miraculous works, His substitutionary death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His present ministry of intercession for us, and His return to earth in power and glory.
We believe that the Bible is the divine word of God and that it is the wholly authoritative text in our lives.
We believe that humanity was created in the image of God, but sin separated us eternally from God. But God, while we were still sinners, sent His own Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins on the cross. Thus, by grace alone and by faith alone, we are reconciled to God if we believe and trust in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We believe in the power of the Holy Spirit, that He works miraculous regeneration of new life in believers, and seals us for the day of redemption; that He lives inside of us as believers and enables us to live godly and courageous lives for God.
We believe that sin separates us from God entirely. Although we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, we do not support the growth and expansion of sin, according to the Word of God, in the lives of our members.
We believe in the second coming of Jesus Christ. That His return will be personal, visible, and glorious, and a hope to all believers.
Gifts from alumni, parents, and friends help fund Phi Chi events, service work, and the life of the chapter. Every gift makes a difference.