The Importance of Rest
Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware that none of you be found to have fallen short. For we also have received the good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith. […]
Should I Really Be Concerned About Working with Alumni?
Yes, a thousand times yes!! I must confess to you that I had been working with college students for about 15 years when it occurred to me that I needed to do more to connect with alumni. They still wanted that relationship and so did I. I found myself trying to think of ways to […]
1,500 Collegiate Missionaries Hit the Beaches to Share Jesus Over Spring Break
While millions of American college students headed to U.S. beaches to party and have fun, 1,500 college students from Baptist Collegiate Ministry groups and churches hit the beaches with a different purpose. Their goal was to engage their fellow college students with the Gospel. Under the label, Beach Reach, these college student missionaries gathered at […]
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 […]