COVID Grocery Delivery
One of our desires as a BCNet Evangelism Committee is to provide collegiate directors with ideas for evangelism on their campus. We have provided ideas in four categories: First Contact, Conversational Outreach, Community Integration, and Gospel Proclamation. We hope that the following Conversational Outreach event will be useful to you and your students! MATERIALS […]
4 Imperative Topics for Collegiate Ministries
For most students, college is a time when they are forced to confront real-life issues at a more intimate level than they ever have before in their lives. They might, in high school, have had discussions about issues of culture and world events, but those discussions were mainly constrained to the realm of philosophy; they […]
A Vision for Multiplying Your Ministry
“What you’ve heard from me in the presence of many witnesses pass on to faithful men who in turn can train others.” Paul of Tarsus “The gospel came to you on its way to someone else.” Rob Gallaty “Your church is the fruit of other people and churches whose names may have been long forgotten. […]
Sample Student Organization Constitution
Constitution of _________ Student Organization ARTICLE I Name The name of this organization will be ________________. This organization is a not-for-profit organization. ARTICLE II Purpose A. _______________is a ministry for college students with many opportunities for friendship, growth, service and leadership. It serves students at ________________ College and the greater collegiate community through Christian teaching, […]
Depression & Anxiety Part Two
The stats are in! There are a ton of college students struggling with various forms of mental illness. Approximately 25% of college students have been diagnosed or treated for a mental health condition in the past year. Among the top mental health concerns are depression and anxiety. In a study conducted with college counseling center […]
BUILDING BRIDGES FOR GOSPEL CONVERSATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
As we start out the new year, our students and ministries may be thinking of how to connect with international students. Sometimes we charge right in with spiritual conversations without knowing much about these students, what their context is, or what their spiritual needs and questions are. We often lack a bridge to help them […]
Why Your Time at the Polls Really Does Matter
It was senior superlative time at my high school. We had borrowed the county’s voting machines for our oh-so-important elections and were preparing for the influx of students to come through the gym. As we were setting up the machines, a volunteering mother mentioned that she never had used one before. As she put […]
4 Key Tasks for Month One in College Ministry
The first month of school shapes collegiate ministry for the entire year. Sure, God can and does move in October or April, but typically what does or doesn’t happen the first month of the university year matters in October and in April. Students set their patterns the first three weeks of Fall semester. They […]
Ministry to College Women
College women are a breed of their own from the academic, to the athlete, sorority girl, hipster, preppy, loner, atheist, Christian, sexually active, sexually uneducated, socially awkward, super confident, boy crazy, and every other label we can come up with. No matter how different these women are outwardly they are all looking for a few […]
Ordinary Missional Living–Video Training with Dr. Tony Merida
If you missed Collegiate Week, you will definitely want to check out this great video of one of the leader sessions where Dr. Tony Merida shared about Ordinary Missional Living (there is a book and Bible study available with Dr. Merida on this subject called Ordinary).