across the country was slow at first. Initially, the alpha chapter rejected requests from Christian men at other schools to be initiated into the fraternity or to start new chapters. Eventually, the leadership in Austin decided that Beta Upsilon Chi's success should be shared with other campuses, and the founding fathers of Beta chapter were initiated at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The fraternity then quickly expanded its presence across Texas, starting the Gamma and Delta chapters at Texas A&M University and Stephen F. Austin State University, respectively. Today the national fraternity is headquartered in Fort Worth, and an expansion program oversees the establishment of new chapters. Inspiration for new fraternities The influence of Beta Upsilon Chi, Brothers Under Christ, on the Christian fraternity movement has been significant. What has been characterized as the Texas movement was associated with the rise of the Evangelical Christian movement and the founding of Beta Upsilon Chi in 1985. In 1988, only three years after BYX's founding, women from Texas established Sigma Phi Lambda, or Sisters for the Lord. Sigma Phi Lambda was influenced by BYX in their development, with Phi Lamb's establishment designed to be a "female version of BYX." Their official name, Sisters for the Lord, and their system of "cable groups" closely mirrors BYX. Controversies The Fraternity had been involved in several court cases seeking to assert local chapters' rights to organize with leaders, or to include as members, those who share the organization's Christian beliefs. Until these court cases three universities held that student organizations may not discriminate on the basis of religion, among other things, and had asserted this blanket prohibition applies to religious student organizations. In each of these the Fraternity has prevailed, and three universities have changed their policies. These include: University of Georgia In late 2006, the Pi chapter of Beta Upsilon Chi at the University of Georgia was prevented from registering as a student organization by university officials "because the group requires its members and officers to share the group's Christian beliefs". After months of negotiation between university officials, student officers of the local chapter, and officials at the fraternity's national headquarters in Texas, attorneys with the Christian Legal Society and Alliance Defense Fund filed a civil rights suit on December 5, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia against the University on behalf of the fraternity.