Comments on: missional college ministry: questions for advancing

By: 5 Reflections on Verge Conference, & Links « the SENTinel

5 Reflections on Verge Conference, & Links « the SENTinel — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:17:01 +0000

[...] Hines (old buddy) has some great follow-up questions for campus ministry in light of Verge. (This will likely be a separate post for [...]

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:41:09 +0000

Great post. As a product of campus ministry, I now wonder how things were decided upon within. I am working on a project that I would love for some campus ministries to pick up, but how is the best way to approach them? Will they accept something from the larger church? The project would impact people of the same age in Africa by providing holistic radio.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:04:08 +0000

Is it better for new missional endeavors to spring up organically, or should we strategize them?
This is a good question. I think that both are relevant. Some people have vision and desire to focus on specific topics or ways of doing things like a small group Bible study. If those people have the passion to do it and can lead it effectively, then they should be encouraged (with oversight) to come together as a group organically and not under a certain strategy from the overall group.
However, some people really like the structured approaches, like the small groups that IV puts together that focus more on certain passages of scripture and help take the entire group on a journey with the leader not having to be part of forming that journey. Reality is, not all leaders are necessarily leaders, some are just good group coordinators or good at gathering people and would rather have an already laid out process guide the group.