Love Your Neighbor
The college campus is still one of the most diverse places in our nation. There is no other place where differing views, cultures and life experiences so come together in one place. Last year, 1.3 million international students arrived at 8,979 universities in the U.S. from countries such as China, Saudi Arabia, India and Brazil. […]
Messy Discipleship
Over the past several years, there has been a great movement in the church towards a clearer understanding of our call to make disciples. Many have sounded the call to move away from programmatic thinking and towards a greater emphasis on a holistic understanding of the Great Commission. It is a call to intentionally understand […]
BCM Impact Video from SBC Meeting in Columbus
Check out this incredible video showing the impact of BCM ministry! It was shown during one of the main sessions at this year’s SBC meeting in Columbus.
Three Types of Group Questions
If you’ve spent even a short amount of time leading or participating in a small group Bible study, then you know the anxiety a bad question can produce. Ask a question that’s too challenging to answer or too off topic, and one of the most unbearably awkward times of silence will descend upon your group […]
Connect Day!
We encourage you to be a part of the BCNet’s first annual “Connect Day”! This is an intentional emphasis to help encourage college students to connect with a local church near their college campus. Date: Sunday, January 25th, 2015 Purpose: Encourage college students to choose a college church if they have not already done so. […]
Update from the BCNet Discipleship Team
The discipleship team works to establish discipleship strategies for college students. They focus on identifying working models of discipleship among collegiates both in the church and campus based ministry settings and providing resources to help collegiate workers disciple others more effectively. Those serving on the team are: Eddie Gilley – BCM director at the University of […]
NEW Initiative // Discipleship Ministry Model Exchange from your BCNet Team!
The Discipleship Committee is in the process of talking with several ministries that have successful discipleship ministries with college students. The goal is to provide you with information about their particular model with the hope that if this model resonates with you and your ministry you will have someone to contact to further explore this […]
The “Engage” Method: Sparking Community in Your College Ministry
During a recent panel at Collegiate Week, Tony Angelo of Shadow Hills Church in Las Vegas shared a great strategy their church’s collegiate ministry uses for connecting with students and keeping them connected for the long term. Check out his guest blog! “Most people who have been involved in college ministry for any amount of […]
Small Group Ministry and the College Campus
Changed lives are the ultimate indicator of effectiveness in collegiate ministry. We all know the incredible blessing of watching a student come to faith, grow spiritually, and bring their friends to Christ. I have learned that small groups are a strategic tool that God often uses to impact both Christian students, and those who are […]
Waypoints on the Discipleship Journey: Living a Transformed Life
Ephesians 4:22-24 gives us three guides to help our students live a transformed life. “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God […]