Published on January 16, 2025 by Catherine Smith  

Raegan Jenkins is a senior accounting, nonprofit management and social entrepreneurship student from Decatur, Alabama, and is a member of the Brock Scholars program. She is also involved with Samford University's Office of Spiritual Life and Phi Mu sorority.

What is the focus of your senior thesis?

I am conducting a case study on a church that has undergone a revitalization process and is now continuing to grow and thrive. In my study, I will specifically consider the financial and business decisions that are essential to a successful revitalization process. My goal is for this study to be useful to churches that might find themselves in similar situations to the church I am studying.

What inspired your research?

My research was inspired by my passion for ministry combined with business. I wanted to study something that was interesting, financially rooted and practically useful for churches. 

Valuable advice you'd like to share about your time as a Brock Scholar?

My greatest advice from my time as a Brock Scholar would be to take advantage of the relationships with your professors that the program provides you. One of my favorite classes of college has been my Oxbridge Tutorial with Steve Jones because it has given me the opportunity to study a topic that I am interested in and have in-depth conversations with incredible faculty.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.