None of us who do college ministry would argue that our ministry is ALL we want it to be or hope it will become. Some ministries have become broken over time or as the result of neglect, etc. have just dwindled. Over this past spring, I have tried to give thought to and determine […]
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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
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
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First Baptist Church Jackson is a 178-year-old downtown church that has maintained an active college ministry for the past 35 years. Centrally located in the metro Jackson area, there are over 30,000 college students attending school within a 20-mile radius of FBC Jackson. The church reaches several small private colleges, one larger state university, and several
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I am currently attempting to do a writing project entitled, “Fixing a Broken College Ministry.” I have received lots of great input, questions, and interest. One obvious question is, “How did it get broken?” or “What will it take to fix it?” Knowing why a college ministry is broken is part of deciding what is
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Our campus ministry spotlight for this quarter is Tarleton State University, a D2 school (13,000 students) in the small town of Stephenville, TX (20,000 people). Tarleton is known as the poor man’s party school. Traditionally, Tarleton has been a regional school, attracting students from the surrounding communities. However, in recent years, the school has begun to
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By Bill Noe Collegiate Week 2016 is about to begin! In a few short days (Aug. 7th), approximately 1,800 college students will travel to Glorieta, NM for a week filled with amazing teaching, impactful worship, relevant breakouts, and LOTS of late-night Collegiate Week fun. We’re grateful to have Timothy Ateek and Rush of Fools
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A few years ago, I started polling my blog readers so that I could: Better understand who you are Gain some statistical data Test out some theories I have Attempt to provide some posts that are meaningful and relevant to the work we are doing One of the first questions I ever posted was: How long
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Even though it has been a long time since I served on a college campus as a campus minister, I still feel like taking a deep sigh of relief as the summer approaches! I guess that routine of looking forward to the summer and a little bit slower pace just carries over all the
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“Oh my gosh, thank you guys so much! This is awesome!” As a college or campus minister this is how you pray that every meeting with university staff would end. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t…but either way you still ask God to provide opportunities to pioneer the Gospel into the foreign land in
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