10 Keys for Building Evangelistic Momentum
I am an evangelist. Nothing gets me more stoked than sharing the good news of Jesus with someone for the first time. However the role of an evangelist was given to “equip the saints for the work of ministry” (Ephesians 4:12). It is not enough for an evangelist to simply “do evangelism.” He must equip […]
Campus Ministry Spotlight: Priority Christian Challenge
Priority Christian Challenge at California State University San Marcos was launched in August 1999 when there were only 5,000 students at this decade old university. Now, there are more than 18,000. Milt Hughes and Ruth Bran moved to San Marcos to begin the work in conjunction with Neil Walker, state director of Southern Baptist collegiate […]
Campus Ministry Spotlight: University of Alaska Anchorage
Our campus ministry spotlight for this quarter is the Mosaic Campus Ministry at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Founded in 1954, UAA administers four community campuses spread across Southcentral Alaska—Kenai Peninsula College, Kodiak College, Matanuska–Susitna College, and Prince William Sound College. Between the community campuses and the main Anchorage campus, more than 20,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are currently enrolled at […]
A New “Tradition”
In discussing how we did collegiate ministry here in Pennsylvania/South Jersey a few years back, a fellow campus minister from another region said, “We don’t do traditional Baptist collegiate ministry in our area.” That got me wondering what he meant. Was he thinking of a BSM building, with offices for paid staff and with meeting […]
Why Every Day Is Like Opening Day
For every fan of Major League Baseball, Opening Day is something special. Baseball parks are spruced up. There are new rosters. Teams are a mere 162 games away from their first game in the playoffs. Opening Day is a day full of hope for every baseball fan (even Cubs fans – sorry, couldn’t resist […]
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. […]
5 Effective Ways Arkansas Churches Are Reaching Internationals
There are 4,964 international students in Arkansas. The majority of these come from the 10/40 window. Many of these have no idea of what Jesus Christ has done for them. What can we do to help them really see and experience the love of Christ? The greatest thing we can do is bombard heaven […]
Update from BCNet Evangelism Team
The BCNet Evangelism Team exists to motivate Christian college students to share their faith on their campuses, resource students and collegiate ministry leaders for evangelism, and coordinate national evangelistic initiatives in which campus ministries and churches can participate. Those serving on the team include: Doug Adams — College Pastor at Spotswood Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, […]
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 […]
Evangelism Resource for your Campus!
You’ve heard of Soularium…right? The BCNet Evangelism Team is offering this resource to your campus for a great deal of only $5/kit! The State Convention of Baptists in Ohio (Ohio SBC) will continue to house a supply of Soularium kits for distribution via our arrangement with Rick James of Cru Press. We will continue (for the foreseeable […]