Located in Castleton, Vermont, Castleton University is Vermont’s oldest higher education institute, which was founded in 1787. There are just under 2,500 students enrolled at Castleton University, representing 40 different countries. Castleton is located in Southwest Vermont, with a population of just under 5,000. The University is the main hub of the village, but […]
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In the fall of 2016, over 1 million international students arrived in the U.S. to study. This was the largest number ever to enter the US for education and scholarly research. These students bring a huge economic boom to the US economy in general and to colleges and universities specifically. But most importantly, these students
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Located in the Summerlin suburban area of Las Vegas, Nevada, Shadow Hills Church ministers to a wildly diverse community that’s made up of nearly every ethnicity, economic status, and religious background. Shadow Hills Church is celebrating its 50-year anniversary this year, after starting as a small mission church called West Oakey Baptist Church, on
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Our campus ministry spotlight for this quarter is the Mosaic Campus Ministry at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Founded in 1954, UAA administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska—Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna College, and Prince William Sound College. Between the community campuses and the main Anchorage campus, more than 20,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are currently enrolled at
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None of us who do college ministry would argue that our ministry is ALL we want it to be or hope it will become. Some ministries have become broken over time or as the result of neglect, etc. have just dwindled. Over this past spring, I have tried to give thought to and determine
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In discussing how we did collegiate ministry here in Pennsylvania/South Jersey a few years back, a fellow campus minister from another region said, “We don’t do traditional Baptist collegiate ministry in our area.” That got me wondering what he meant. Was he thinking of a BSM building, with offices for paid staff and with meeting
A few years ago Kathy and I adopted our first international student; a young woman from China. We met in a park near the university where she was studying law. As we sat down to eat lunch and get to know each other better, we couldn’t believe it when God opened the door for us
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For every fan of Major League Baseball, Opening Day is something special. Baseball parks are spruced up. There are new rosters. Teams are a mere 162 games away from their first game in the playoffs. Opening Day is a day full of hope for every baseball fan (even Cubs fans – sorry, couldn’t resist
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For eight years, every Friday night during the academic year our ministry hosted students for a free meal and a chance to practice English, make friends, and talk about topics that allowed us to share our worldviews. We played music, learned about different cultures, looked forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. We
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In this podcast, Chase Jenkins in Durham NC talks with the No Campus Left podcast about the ministry of First Baptist Durham to international students. Chase brings a lot of energy and wisdom about reaching the nations right here in the United States. For the link click here
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