Detroit and its surrounding cities experienced a devastating flood in August, 2014. More than 100,000 homes were flooded. In fact, more homes were flooded in Detroit than were flooded in Katrina. But you never heard about the disaster. The Greater Detroit area contains over 4 million people with only about 7% of that population attending […]
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One of the most successful ways the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at LSU is reaching freshmen is by mailing a Parents Survey to the parents of each student whose name and contract information we secure. We secure the names of incoming freshmen that will be attending LSU in a variety of ways as collegiate ministers across
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“Oh my gosh, thank you guys so much! This is awesome!” As a college or campus minister this is how you pray that every meeting with university staff would end. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t…but either way you still ask God to provide opportunities to pioneer the Gospel into the foreign land in
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If you missed Collegiate Week, you will definitely want to check out this great video of one of the leader sessions where Dr. Chuck Lawless and Chris James shared about their experiences with mentoring. Dr. Chuck Lawless is Dean and Vice-President of Graduate Studies and Ministry Centers at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, where he
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Most estimates suggest that almost 233 million people worldwide hold to some form of Buddhism. If true, that means 3.3 percent of the world’s population is Buddhist. Yet for many of us, Buddhism remains relatively unknown. Many understand it as little more than a distant, peaceful religion held by Asians in faraway lands. The truth,
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Many people of other faiths are open to hearing about Jesus and Christianity. Just begin with a conversation with them. Hinduism is the major religion of both India and Nepal, but is also found in other parts of South Asia and around the world. Hindu worshippers are found in almost every part of the world.
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The BCNet Evangelism Team exists to motivate Christian college students to share their faith on their campuses, resource students and collegiate ministry leaders for evangelism, and coordinate national evangelistic initiatives in which campus ministries and churches can participate. Those serving on the team include: Doug Adams — College Pastor at Spotswood Baptist Church, Fredericksburg,
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Aspects of Christs’ global cause can be found in every book of the Bible. Read straight through the passages listed here in one sitting. Watch how this grand theme weaves its way from Genesis to Revelation. Watch how the theme comes through, however, in a way that is compatible with each book and with that
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1 True Story from the Bible: This is a summary story of the Most High God’s relationship with the world. This story is from a book called the Bible. Men did not make up the Bible. It is the word of the Most High God. The Most High God is more powerful than any ancestor,
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Over the past several years, there has been a great movement in the church towards a clearer understanding of our call to make disciples. Many have sounded the call to move away from programmatic thinking and towards a greater emphasis on a holistic understanding of the Great Commission. It is a call to intentionally understand
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