God Belongs On My Campus
Loud praises to Jesus and the Gospel rang out from an auditorium on the campus of Francis Marion University. It was all part of a Baptist Collegiate Ministry effort called God Belongs on My Campus. This effort began in 2016 when a small Bible study group of college guys decided to take their love for Christ & passion for […]
6 Practices of Jesus to Employ in Developing Student Leaders
Although circumstances on campus vary from region to region, it seems like most of us are getting back to a semi-normal state after the two-year challenge of COVID-19. We will be talking for years about all the ways the recent global pandemic adversely affected our ministries. But, perhaps one of the glaring ramifications of the […]
Transitioning from Collegiate Ministry to the Real World
Adulting is a new word that has entered our vocabulary and was named the word of the year in 2017. The truth is campus ministers have been helping college students become spiritual adults long before then. However in recent years we did notice that our college graduates had a rough time finding jobs and making […]
10 Tips For Raising Support Without A Church Background
So, God has called you to do ministry in an emerging region. To make matters trickier, you aren’t from the Bible Belt where resources are more bountiful, and you may not have a church background or much of a Christian network. To make matters even trickier, you haven’t won the lottery yet. This has all […]
Into the Unknown-Following God to a New Campus
At the very beginning of the pandemic, my wife and I found ourselves working full time jobs from our home, but unlike at our offices, we were contending with a non-productive, 14-month-old coworker that just so happened to call us Mom and Dad! “T.V. time” quickly went out the window and we thanked those good […]
What Would It Take?
What would it take to reach a community college with over 24,000 students? What would it take to reach a community college where there is no majority demographic among students? What would it take to reach a school where the largest student demographic (African American) is well below half the student population? What would it […]
A Legacy of Reaching Students
Recently, Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM) in Pennsylvania and South Jersey (PA/SJ) celebrated a milestone. Robert Turner, the first and only campus ministry director, retired after 29 years of service. In a precedent-setting transition, he passed the responsibilities for campus ministry strategy in the state of PA/SJ over to Stanley Williams. I had the opportunity to […]
10 Tips for Launching a Church Based Ministry on a Nearby Campus
Are you a local church looking to reach a nearby college campus or community college? Are you wondering, how do I get started? Here are 10 tips to get moving in the right direction. This is not a comprehensive list, and there are other approaches that are effective, but this is a fairly simple process […]
Ministry in NYC
Supporting college ministry in New York City is uniquely challenging. With close to 100 campuses and nearly 1,000,000 students from diverse backgrounds, cultures, neighborhoods, with different areas of study and expertise, finding an approach to meet each student where they are can be challenging. Our ministry, Commons NYC is dedicated to helping the local church […]
Dialing in the DNA
Chase Abner writes about how imprinting your ministry DNA on students is key to multiplying disciples and ministries. This article was originally published on Collegiate Collective. There’s few things as rewarding as when your students replicate your investment in their life by discipling others. Sometimes you see it before they graduate. Sometimes it’s years later […]