Talk Purity to me: A Discussion on Discipling Students through Purity Issues
Join Corley Shumaker, Matt Daniels, and Ashely Chesnut for a conversation focused on helping leaders encourage and disciple their students about this important topic.
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Touch the World During the Holidays
God has brought the world to us and you can reach the nations whether you live in a small town or large city. Jesus said “Look to the fields they are white for harvest.” There are about one million international students around our country that Jesus would have us to look for and find in …
Navigating Holiday Breaks
Having a break from classes is great, but often being home (especially if it is the first time since you started college) presents some challenges of its own. Here are a few tips to help you navigate being home for the holidays: Most likely you will be with family and friends you don’t see often …
Follow Up and Retention: How to Manage New Contacts in order to Form Long-lasting Relationships with Students
Interview by Tiffany Hudson Welcome Week has come and gone, midterms are in full bloom, and collegiate ministers are tasked with the important work of following up and retaining students in their respective ministries. Perhaps your ministry is incredible at gathering contact information, but how do you organize it? How do you keep track of …
Using Short Term Mission Trips as A Campus Strategy
When I first arrived at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with the goal of reaching the campus for Christ, I realized that it was not going to be easy. Our collegiate ministry lacked students and the few that were coming to our events had no idea what a ministry like ours was all …
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Connecting with and Ministering to your School’s Administration and Faculty
“Understand you minister to the whole college community and not just students!” That sounds like a simple statement, but I must confess that when I began on our campus, I missed seeing the whole campus as a mission field. I was young when I arrived on our campus ready to reach every student on this …
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9 Simple Ways to Make the Most of Your Summer on Campus
Summers on most college campuses tend to have a lot less foot traffic. It might lead a person to think that college ministries take the summer off. However, a phrase that I was told earlier in my college ministry career is “Good summers make great falls!” I would posit that the harder a campus minister …
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Making “Marking Moments”
I see a lot of ministries that focus on commissioning their seniors. I think this is a great tradition that has many benefits. It encourages your freshman, juniors, and seniors to remain plugged into your ministry. It creates a culture of expected going and sending. It creates a celebratory culture, where you honor those who …
A Leap of Faith
Anna really did not want Alex to join in on her 20th birthday skydiving adventure. Some other friends from her BCM at Kennesaw State University were “all in” on the jump. But Anna knew that Alex was not a believer and did not want to be responsible for a new friend’s early departure …
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 …
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