Viral internet personality and evangelist Cindy Smock, known as “Sister Cindy,” returned to K-State for her Fall 2026 HoNoMo Revolution Tour on Sept. 10. Smock spoke on Bosco Plaza from noon to 4 p.m., marking her second visit to campus in the past year, with her last being on Nov. 17, 2025. 

Although Smock didn’t become a TikTok sensation until 2021, she has been preaching her message opposing college party culture and premarital sex for decades.

“I became a Christian in 1978, and I was led to the Lord Jesus by a ministry much like mine, and I was a college student,” Smock said. “I read the Bible and saw that my fellow students needed to hear the gospel. So in February of 1979 I started preaching on my own campus, the University of Florida, and I’ve been doing this for five decades.” 

Soon after, Smock started traveling to different universities, including K-State.

“I came here, I think it was 1980,” Smock said. “I preached in this area, but the patio wasn’t here, and I remember the crowd was so big, and they thought they couldn’t contain it.”

As her following grew, she began preaching alongside Brother Vijay, another evangelist with similar values. Brother Vijay, whose full name is Vijay Pasini, helps Smock with her nationwide tours. 

“She [Smock] has a zeal and a passion, and God calls her to preach the gospel,” Pasini said. “Even though she’s 68 years old, she connects very well with the Gen Z kiddos.”

Pasini said he and Smock make their message relevant to college students by pointing out sins that affect the student body. 

“Premarital sex, drunkenness and drugs,” Pasini said. “These are the three sins, along with many other sins that are out there.”

Smock teaches students about her “HoNoMo” movement with the hope of minimizing these sins. The movement branches from a passage in the Bible in the Gospel of John, chapter 8, in which a woman is caught in an adulterous act, and Jesus prevents her from being stoned to death.

“Jesus said to her, ‘Where are your accusers?’ and she said, ‘They’re all gone,’ and he said, ‘I don’t condemn you either, but go and sin no more,’” Smock said. “In other words, be a ho no mo. The Bible says to sin no more, and through faith in Christ, we can become new people and be a ho no mo.”

Although Smock’s message has not changed much over the years, her audience has. She said that Generation Z receives her message differently than previous generations. 

“What has really changed is the students,” Smock said. “Jesus talks of the four kinds of soil, where you preach the gospel. Those that receive it, they could have stony hearts. They could have open hearts, but lose faith because of trials and tribulations. And then there’s the good soil, those that really want to receive, and there’s a lot of good soil in Gen Z.”

With over 40,000 followers on Instagram and over 400,000 followers on TikTok, many students know about Sister Cindy through social media. Students quickly filled Bosco Plaza to watch her teach “Hoeology 101” and talk about the “seven levels of hoeness.” 

Some K-State students find her preaching over-the-top and slightly bizarre, but others find her sermons entertaining. 

Reed Batterton, freshman in nutritional sciences, said he was excited to see Sister Cindy on campus this year.

“She’s just kind of an icon,” Batterton said. “I followed her on TikTok for, like, three years, and my favorite part about her is just going around to colleges and seeing the community she brings and the funniness she brings. Does she have much actual substance to what she says? I don’t know, but I think it’s a fun atmosphere to be in.”

Although Batterton admires Smock’s humor, he does not feel enlightened by her coming to campus. Batterton said he would like to see her return in future years, but purely for entertainment. 

Other students, however, feel her presence does bring enlightenment. Via Miller, junior in music composition, said she admires Smock and was eager to meet her. 

“I have always wanted to see her in person,” Miller said. “She’s just made such a bright light in all of the college students she goes and sees.”

Miller said she also enjoyed listening to Brother Vijay as the opener.

“I think he’s very relentless,” Miller said. “He’s doing his thing. I am appreciative of it.”

Smock said she has a similar appreciation for the generation she is preaching to, despite what she sees as issues in how they’ve been educated. 

“There’s actually a lot I like about this generation,” Smock said. “They have open minds. They like to do research. Generally, they’re very real. The biggest problem … is they’ve been brainwashed by the state education system, and they’ve only been given one point of view, and they think that anyone who contradicts that point of view is a bigot. … But I have a lot of hope for this generation.” 

For Smock, that hope is what keeps her returning to college campuses after nearly five decades of preaching.