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‘Movement of Christians committed to changing their culture for the sake of the gospel of Jesus’
Clara Powell, 18, a freshman at the University of Arkansas, regularly meets with a group of peers to discuss the role faith plays in today’s cultural debates and how to address them from a Biblical perspective.
It’s a community that shares her values, she said, adding she’s so grateful for it.
“I see it as such a privilege to be able to sit down with a group of believers and deepen our faith through politics in our country, share our personal perspectives on certain topics, and always relate everything back to how we should think and apply what we’ve talked about as Christians in the end,” Powell told The College Fix.
Counteract USA, headquartered in Northwest Arkansas, is a nonprofit organization that helps equip young people to engage in cultural and political issues through a biblical worldview.
“We seek to embolden Christ followers to counteract ever-changing political and cultural ideologies with grace and truth, according to the steadfastness of Scripture,” Counteract USA’s mission statement reads.
One way Counteract advances its mission is through campus peer discussion groups called “cells.”
Students with the University of Arkansas cell group, for example, meet bi-weekly for discussion and discipleship.
“A Counteract Cell is more than a club or chapter—it’s a community,” founder and CEO of Counteract USA, Abigail DeJarnatt, wrote in a statement to The College Fix.
As of December, Counteract USA operates 23 active cells across eight states nationwide.
“We’re a young organization, but growing rapidly,” DeJarnatt said.
DeJarnatt said Counteract USA supports new groups by providing training, discussion resources, prayer, and connection to a broader network of cell leaders across the country and around the world.
On a large, diverse campus where students are often exposed to competing worldviews, groups like Counteract USA provide a space for intentional dialogue rooted in shared faith and values, she said.
Each meeting typically introduces a social or political issue and a short reading or biblical passage, followed by guided questions that help students connect Scripture to real-world issues they encounter on campus.
These intentional conversations aim to help students form supportive relationships, deepen their faith, and develop the discernment needed to engage the world with confidence, clarity, and grace.
For DeJarnatt, the goal extends beyond discussion and into long-term cultural engagement.
“Counteract USA is more than a grassroots organization: it’s a movement of Christians committed to changing their culture for the sake of the gospel of Jesus,” DeJarnatt said.
In addition to the campus cells, the group hosts a large, annual Resolve to Stand Conference, which features speakers who encourage high school and college students “to step into the cultural moment we’re in for the sake of the gospel,” its website states.
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