Start of Fall Reflections
It has been a busy start to the semester! Now that the initial rush is over for many of us, it is a good time to stop and reflect on all that has happened, as well as find time for rest. We asked three college ministers to give us their input: Shannon Hughes, Campus minister […]
BCNet Update!
The Baptist Collegiate Network (BCNet) and Collegeministry.com are facilitated by college ministers from around North America, who volunteer time to find ways to provide encouragement, resources, and new ideas to other college ministers. These college ministers are from churches, campuses, and sometimes something in between. There are currently nine teams of individuals helping with BCNet, […]
Visit Our Church! Videos to Provide Students Some Direction for Sunday Mornings
Looking for ways to connect students to local churches? Or are you a church college leader looking for ways to let students know about the ways to get involved with your church? Here is an idea to try that may help with that! Creating a video for students to watch that shows the students where […]
Welcome Week Whiteboard!
Below are several ideas for welcome week, shared by fellow college ministers. Borrow their ideas, and if you need more details, feel free to contact them! Baggo Tournament Table throughout the day and promote/register people for a Baggo tournament at night! Have a great prize for the winning team. Average attendance: 75-100. Cost: $100 First […]
Prayer Walking Your Campus: Ideas and Insights
There were about a dozen of us that gathered together wondering what we were going to do this new year. We had lost our campus staff due to support raising shortages leaving us students to run the ministry on campus. Thankfully our staff had been impressing upon us the power and necessity of prayer so […]
Meeting Students: Ways to Connect Through Campus Sponsored Events
I minister along with our associate director, Katie Troutman, on the state university campus, Lander University, which has a population of 4000 plus students. Our university is very open to ministry and has “seen the light” of utilizing our ministry. Let me confess that I have been serving on this campus for almost 39 years […]
Beach Reach 2023: A Life-Long Impact
Beach Reach this year was truly amazing! Between both Beaches (Panama City and South Padre), the numbers were exciting to see. Beach Reach student missionaries: Gave 36,685 people free van ridesEngaged in 18,186 Gospel conversationsPrayed with 13,922 peopleLed 374 people to Christ Praise God for what He has done! Continue to pray for those with […]
A Rhythm of Rest: Making Rest a Regular Part of Ministry
When you get to the end of your twin marathons – known often for campus ministers as Fall Semester and Spring Semester – it will be time to get curious about whether or not you have rested at all during the course of these two long stretches of the academic calendar we all live by. […]
Support Raising: Two Benefits and Two Pitfalls
The words hit my ears like a foreign language. I had just been told that in order to go into college ministry I would need to “raise support” for part of my salary. “Raise support?” I knew what it was in general – I had done fundraising many times for short-term mission trips. But raising […]
Avoiding Spiritual Bypassing in Evangelism
One of our desires as a BCNet Evangelism Committee is to provide collegiate directors with ideas for evangelism on their campus. We have provided ideas in five categories: First Contact, Conversational Outreach, Community Integration, Gospel Proclamation, and Evangelism Strategies. We hope that the following Evangelism Strategies article will be useful to you and your students! […]