What the Best College Mobilizers Get Right: 6 Things Successful College Leaders Know About Sending Students
Fall is one of the most strategic times of the year for mobilizing students to serve on mission. Students who commit early have the time to pray, prepare, and plan. The college ministries that send the most students do not stumble into success. They build a sending culture that starts early and continues all year. […]
Where is God When I Need Him?
When we suffer, we are prone to doubt either that God exists or that God loves us. We need to understand that doubts are not uncommon for disciples of Jesus. This is abundantly clear from reading the Bible. The people of Israel—with Moses leading them—doubted even after they had seen the plagues and the Red […]
Connecting Your Ministry with Greek Life
If you do college ministry at a 4-year university, your campus probably has Greek life. A lot of ministers want to connect with Greek life, but it sure can be difficult! In this article, I hope to give you some tips on how to grow your ministry’s presence in your campus Greek life. For context, […]
New Semester Encouragement for Campus Ministers: Leading with Purpose and Prayer
It was the first Monday night of the fall semester, and the Student Activities Department’s street dance had just kicked off. Forty students from our BCM leadership team—charged with being ambassadors of the gospel—were running the concession stand, mingling with the crowd, and having a great time. That’s when I noticed Joe, sitting alone on […]
Transforming your Leadership with the TEAM Model
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin Leadership is more than authority. Leadership is about equipping others to thrive. In college ministry and beyond, effective leadership means helping people grow, not just telling them what to do.1 The TEAM Model offers a practical and biblical […]
Saying Goodbye to Graduating International Students
Giving international students a good send off and finding ways to stay connected is so valuable in keeping an ongoing relationship with them. It is encouraging to see God at work in their lives, even beyond the time they spend on your campus. As the semester is ending, here are things to consider as students […]
Team Player: Ministering to Student Athletes
“Let’s Go Cowboys! Let’s Go Cowboys! Let’s Go!” If I only had a dollar for every time I yell this during the week. I serve on a two-year campus where approximately 80 percent of the campus plays a team sport. I spend a lot of time going to games and team events. I arrived at […]
Recruiting and Leading Next-Level Leaders
It’s been said that who leads your college ministry will largely determine who your college ministry will reach. I’ve seen this to be true over and over again. The selection of staff and lead team members matter, and it ripples (or doesn’t) throughout campus. When selecting lead teams, select leaders from the parts of campus […]
WIN-WIN-WIN (Part 2)
Part one of this article is available here: collegeministry.com/win-win-win-part-1 In part one of this article, Adam shared the benefits that come from when our ministry partners well with students, and with other involved partners. He says it well here: “I believe in a third way: a WIN-WIN-WIN. This approach ensures that all parties involved can […]
Kingdom Impact Through Vocational Discipleship
“What is God’s will for my life? I think I’m going to change my major. What do you think I should do? I’m freaking out because I’m graduating and have no idea what to do next. Can you help me?” How often do you get questions like these from students? We all desire work that […]