What I Wish My Christian Campus Ministers Knew
As I sit here in my office, I look forward to the upcoming semester as a professor with joy and anticipation. I love the beginning of the academic year and the opportunity to meet and get to know my students. The new year is like picking up a book that I have never read — […]
5 Key Things to Know Your First Fall
My name is Logan McCoy, and I just completed my first year of serving as the BCM Campus Minister at the University of West Alabama. For some background, UWA is a small college in a small town where everyone seems to know each other in town, and the college reflects that. Our student body is made […]
Growing the Budget: Raising Ministry Finances
If you are campus based you most likely have to raise your ministry budget. This is a part of my job that I originally hated. I felt awkward asking others to support our ministry and give sacrificially to the work we were doing. The finances were stressful! During my first year we had a major […]
Less Than Welcoming: Navigating the Challenges of a “Closed Campus”
The welcome that a ministry receives on campus can vary anywhere from very warm to completely closed off. Here we discuss what it is like to serve on a “not as accessible” campus. Tiffany Hudson of Vanderbilt BCM in Tennessee and Scott Winter, who serves with Christian Challenge on a community college in Arizona share […]
Where to Start: How to Help Students with Mental Health Needs
When it comes to walking with students through a mental health crisis or dealing with trauma in their lives, it helps to already have an action plan in place. Below are some suggestions and ways to help students as they encounter difficult times and need professional help. Begin with Knowing -Know what on-campus resources are […]
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.
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 […]