As college ministers, we know the importance of involving our students in mission. The command from Jesus is clear and pressing (Matt. 28:18-20). We have seen the unending needs for the Gospel in every corner of our campuses and the world (Matt. 9:35-38). We also know from experience how much God can do in the …
Finding and Sustaining Missions Partnerships for Your College Ministry Read More »
A very small percentage of Southern Baptist missionaries are African American. In 2020, the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board (IMB), one of the world’s largest missionary sending agencies, reported 3,700 career missionaries but only 0.35% were African American. As a Baptist Campus Ministry (BCM) serving two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Alabama State University …
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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While millions of American college students headed to U.S. beaches to party and have fun, 1,500 college students from Baptist Collegiate Ministry groups and churches hit the beaches with a different purpose. Their goal was to engage their fellow college students with the Gospel. Under the label, Beach Reach, these college student missionaries gathered at …
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My name is Keith Wade and I serve as a campus minister on the campus of University of North Georgia. I also serve as the chairperson for the BCNet Sub-Committee that focus on Missions. As we met this past summer our committee spent time setting goals and trying to develop resources that might be helpful. …
The nine months leading up to our first child’s birth I slept great! My wife, on the other hand, would experience the full spectrum of emotions and changes accompanied by many sleepless nights. I never woke up from heartburn or a kick to the ribs. Those first nine months were the easiest, most low-maintenance parenting …
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Eager to begin the sending process we cast vision for one of our graduates to go help with work in the Northwest. This was our first one – our first fruit! We commissioned him and sent him off with high hopes. In retrospect, we rushed the process and ignored some red flags. Within a year …
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“I have never been so honored for someone to tell me to go. Thank you for believing in me.” I was cleaning off my bulletin board above my desk and found a note with the above statement written on it. It was from a recent graduate who we’d asked to go to another campus to …
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The largest commodity college students have is time. They say they’re busy but that is because they have no idea what busy actually is. Students are send-able and train-able. Once this is leveraged, collegiate ministries can be the greatest launching pads for global missions in the world. In order to reach this potential our ministries …
Five years ago it was an anomaly for our students to go on mission projects. We’d offer them occasionally, but the response was dismal and few seemed interested. We knew that had to change so we began to be more strategic and intentional about how we approached student involvement in missions. We have seen a …
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