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While this week’s Fridea actually shares some affinity with last week’s Fridea, I actually stumbled upon it through an entirely different connection. Here’s the Fridea:
Pool your resources with other college ministries, for specific endeavors or ongoing events.
Obviously, cooperating on single events or even ongoing activities isn’t an entirely new idea (though it’s sadly unpracticed in some quarters). But this Fridea takes that a step further – or perhaps just explores the edges of that idea.
On a conference call with some Southern Baptists of Texas church-based college ministers the other day, someone brought up an interesting idea. What if one ministry sent students on a summer mission trip – organized by another college ministry? I thought this was intriguing – especially because this didn’t involve ministries in the same town.
The big question: Is it always wisest for every college ministry to plan its own mission trips? What about for every college ministry to design – from scratch – its publicity materials? Or to plan its own Fall Retreat? To write its own curriculum? Design its own web page? To participate in its own leadership training or record-keeping or administrative work? To brainstorm with only its own leaders and students? What if one leader in Pittsburgh is really strong at producing advertising materials, while another in Philly is awesome at designing web pages? Could they somehow trade?
If you’ve read this blog for more than a week, you know I’m a strong proponent of contextualization in college ministry… so it might be surprising that I would suggest creating “collectives” of college ministries at all. But like all Frideas, this will not be a fit for every ministry. Any idea (whether normal or innovative) must be applied only when it matches the purposes of the activity and the unique context of the particular campus tribe.
But I can imagine situations where resources could be conserved and maximized through pooling, collaborating, or even “tagging along” (with permission, of course). And by resources, I mean far more than money – I mean time, energy, talents of the individual leaders and students involved, and any other resources we have available.
Look at each of the suggestions listed above, and think about how this might work. Any experience with this sort of thing? Any other ideas for College Ministry Collectives?
Find synopses of all the past Frideas over here.
written from the middle o’ Pennsylvania
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Road Trip 13: Day 40 recap
recap: a full day hanging with national staff at the headquarters of the CCO (see all explorations so far)
T-shirt: the Purple Ace (!) tribe of the University of Evansville
friday: on to State College, PA, where I’ll spend the weekend!
In two separate conversations with two professors recently, I Peter 3:15 was brought up in the context of how college ministry does (or doesn’t) offer students collegiate-level answers to their faith-questions.
First, the verse:
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect (I Pet. 3:15 ESV)
You may, like me, be more familiar with the translation that commands us to be ready to “give an answer,” but the exact wording here isn’t really the issue. (Though if the ESV reading is best, then it argues my point all the more, as you’ll see.)
In my discussions with those profs, both were concerned that college ministry by and large doesn’t know how to deal with students (or others in the college community) who ask the hard, academic, complex questions about Christianity. In other words, we don’t always offer our students a way to get answers that accord with the questions raised within the very setting in which we serve.
These professors’ concern is a concern worth hearing, especially because it comes from Christians who operate in that same world – and yet are uniquely suited to understanding the kind of answers needed within the university setting.
The author of the recent “Missional Campus Ministry” series at the Jesus Creed blog recently noted the same concern:
The university or college campus is a mission field in many ways – and the pressures on eager undergraduates on their own for the first time are immense. … The broad middle of the student population is a group in need of attention – and I appreciate the hard work that goes into evangelism, relationship, and discipleship in a wide range of active campus ministries.
But we need more than this as well…
We need to be able to ‘meet the university on its own terms: discussion of issues that matter in a way that meets the university’s own ideal standards of engagement, standards of both courteous respect and intellectual rigour.‘” [that last bit quoted from a post by John Stackhouse]
I happen to be somebody who has always been academically strong, and I know the loneliness of not knowing who – if anyone – might be able to help me navigate through the more complex issues that arise in our faith. Had my major or circumstances been even slightly different, it would have been quite easy for despair to set in – or worse. Because for all the greatness of the college ministry experience I had at Texas A&M, spiritual support for “smarties” wasn’t obvious at all.
Those two posts – on Jesus Creed and on John Stackhouse’s blog – go further into this and better into this. So I urge you to take a look.
The answers to this vital concern don’t require all college ministers to be bookworms or to be brilliant. But obeying – and helping our students obey – I Peter 3:15 will probably require a different preparation than if we were serving elsewhere.
All missionaries have to study answers to the questions of their unique tribe, right?
written from some Motel 6 in Eastern Ohio…
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Road Trip 13: Days 38 & 39 recap
recap: finished out my time at the college ministers’ conference, then flew back to Ohio to pick up my car and head eastward! (see all explorations so far)
T-shirts: the Eagle tribe of Emory, and the Hardrockers (!) of South Dakota School of Mines
thursday: on to Pittsburgh (and beyond), including connecting with Coalition for Christian Outreach national office people
I’m not quite in the home stretch of this enormous road trip, but with only 2 1/2 weeks left, I’m something like 2/3 of the way through. [Lots of fractions for a Saturday post. Forgive me.]
So here’s what I have planned (and some ways you can pray!). And, as always, I’d love any input you have on what / who I should see along the way!
this weekend: UMichigan
I’ll be here in Ann Arbor, exploring some college ministry but also exploring some college in general. As one of THE prominent football-lovin’ schools, I’m excited to see that whole scene today at University of Michigan – and it’s Parents’ Weekend, too!
monday ~ wednesday: conference in Iowa
In a bit of a quirky move, I’ll actually be flying from Toledo back west to the middle of Iowa. But there’s a good reason for this aerial counter-clockwise jaunt – I get to speak at a PC(USA) synod-wide college ministry conference! Held in Cedar Falls, the home of UNI, I’ll be speaking to and learning with a bunch of college ministers (one of my favorite things in the whole world).
Once we’re done, I fly back to Toledo and continue my trip from there. Kinda crazy, but it should be a nice respite from the driving thing.
and beyond: PANJNY
After that, it looks like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York will be my stompin’ grounds until Thanksgiving week, when I’ll be angling toward home in Texas. Through a surprisingly parallel itinerary, I should be in State College, PA, next weekend – just in time to enjoy a home game weekend at a school (Penn State) also known for being a great home-game-weekend kind of place! Should be fun to compare and contrast with Michigan.
The stops I’m planning now: Pittsburgh, State College, Rowan (NJ), and Ithaca (NY). But we’ll see what God wants to add (or subtract)!
i’d love for you to pray for…
- For God to speak through me at this conference, both in large-group and other connections throughout
- Continued good connections, including hearing back from people as God sees fit
- Continued health in a trip that can wear me out over time
- Direction on scheduling during the coming two weeks
written at the Glass House Cafe in the Palmer Commons, University of Michigan
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Road Trip 13: Day 34 recap
recap: some very cool encounters at U. Michigan – including two faculty members! (see all explorations so far)
T-shirt: the Duck tribe of Oregon
saturday: experiencing the festivities of a home game Saturday (and Parents’ Weekend) at University of Michigan
Two Frideas this week: One for those in well-developed college ministries, with a flip-side Fridea for those in newer ministries!
It’s very clear to me that one of the “weak links” in the field of college ministry is successfully starting college ministries. That area seems to need some improvement. And today’s ideas might just be two ingredients for that improvement.
First Fridea: Help plant a college ministry elsewhere (or even on your campus)!
One of the ideas for multiplying collegiate impact I’m most intrigued by involves well-developed college ministries helping “birth” new college ministry work. This, I believe, could be a great (and perhaps sometimes better) alternative to the classic “cold start” model or the “metro” model. (The former refers to simply starting a college ministry in a new location from scratch; the latter model involves using an off-site staff team to foster ministries in a regional or citywide setting.)
This sort of “ministry multiplication” is already happening around the country; while I can’t say it’s prevalent, it’s certainly not unheard of. Just last week I got to discuss the work the Fargo / Moorhead Chi Alpha group is doing to help restart a ministry up the road at UND. Florida State’s Campus Christian Fellowship is working to plant a ministry on a local community college. And it was exciting to hear this summer from Ryan McReynolds about Cru’s national “Missional Team” strategy, which encourages strong ministries to plant additional Cru “movements.”
In fact, those newly-planted ministries might be on other campuses, but they can also be works on the same campus – an ethnic ministry or international student ministry, for instance.
If you’re a developed ministry, November is a great time to pray through the question: “God, would you have us ‘share the wealth’ by planting other ministries sometime in the future?”
The flip-side Fridea for newer ministries: Look for a ministry “mentor.”
On the other hand, couldn’t a newer college ministry take the opposite tack? Any kind of college ministry (whether it’s in a church or on a campus) could locate a strong “mentor ministry” to help it walk through its first year or two. During the odd and fragile period of a ministry’s beginnings, wouldn’t it be great to have friendly and knowledgeable help, including:
- Exegeting your campus context
- Ideas for activities
- Long-range thinking
- “Loaner” students / student leaders
- Recruiting help
- Design help (for advertising, T-shirts, materials, etc.)
- Training (for leaders or student leaders)
- Funding or fund-raising
- Wisdom for “special situations” that arise
If you’re a newer ministry, November may be the time you’re wondering if things are going as well as possible. I’d encourage you to pray through the question, “God, is there another group who could help us get started really well?”
[Next week's Fridea takes some of these ideas in a different direction, for any ministry.]
posted from Motel 6 in Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Road Trip 13: Day 33 recap
recap: a great day in Chicagoland, with some big surprise meetings (see all explorations so far)
mileage: 6,489 miles so far
new campuses: Wheaton College (#25), North Park University / Theological Seminary (#26), University of Chicago (#27)
new states: Indiana (#14) and Michigan (#15)
T-shirt: the Bruin tribe of UCLA
friday: on to University of Michigan, where I’ll spend the weekend
The last 48 hours have been pretty exciting, in large part because I’ve gotten to spend some great time with some great people. And I noticed that I happen to have encountered three groups that can truly be considered major, important, even historic elements within the field of College Ministry.
These groups are not “hidden gems” within the field of college ministry. They’re well-known, well-established groups that have had a major influence on the field of college ministry. But as I’ve found time and time again, we are often not familiar enough with even these major aspects of our vocation. So if you’re less familiar with these groups than you’d like to be, I encourage you to take a look – and even dig in deeper on your own.
Urbana
In the future, when we have glorious things like college ministry history books, the triennial Urbana conference will be a major fixture – maybe even its own chapter. It was exciting to get a great tour of the national offices on Tuesday from national staffmember Eric Holmer – but all the more exciting because Urbana approaches! (Several employees are focused solely on Urbana during this time.)
A blurb from their web page (urbana.org) points to a glorious past and a vision that continues today:
Since 1946 InterVarsity has been providing a place for college students to see, hear, and respond to God’s global mission at Urbana conferences. If you want to see the world in a whole new light, come to Urbana 09. You’ll learn about critical global issues from dynamic teachers, worship with thousands in one of the most diverse gatherings in North America, and hear missional students and recent graduates testify to God’s faithfulness to the ends of the earth.
As someone noted recently, Urbana is so clearly connected to the heart of InterVarsity that understanding this conference really does help one understand its parent organization. But for us in the wider world of college ministry, it’s also important for us to realize that this conference is a rich part of our history. It clearly is, even today, the King of Collegiate Conferences. And not nearly all who attend Urbana are IV students and leaders; it’s wide open to any interested in learning of God’s global call.
You can read more about Urbana – even plenty about its great history – at urbana.org. Yes, it was historically held in Urbana/Champaign – but Urbana09 will be the second one held in St. Louis. Yes, you can still go. And I’m thinking about it myself…
Ivy Jungle Network
Many of you are well-familiar with IJ but, alas, I run into plenty of college ministers who aren’t. And their intro on the site (ivyjungle.org) really says all there is to say:
Welcome to the Ivy Jungle Network, a loose association of men and women who minister to collegians. We exist to serve church-based college ministers, para-church campus workers and college and university chaplains. If you work in campus ministry, then you should be part of the Ivy Jungle Network.
And you know what? It’s true.
Yes, it’s a loose association – the major “thing” to Ivy Jungle has simply been annual or biannual conferences over the last several years. But many college ministers also know the value of being on the monthly email list, and other items – like the large-scale Campus Ministry Survey – continue to inform.
But there is no better connection these days to the world of Evangelical college ministry than Ivy Jungle. It was a blast to sit down with Director Evan Hunter yesterday to hear more as IJ looks to the future – and continues to hope to advance the field of college ministry.
Great Commission Ministries
As far as I know, Great Commission Ministries is the one U.S. ministry with widespread work in collegiate church planting, and they’re on a whole bunch of campuses. Here’s one way they describe themselves on their site:
GCM mobilizes missionaries to serve in U.S. churches that are missional in nature: churches that do extensive outreach to the unsaved and unchurched, in a culturally relevant way. Our missionaries serve in churches that otherwise could not financially support their own staff.
While GCM certainly has some non-collegiate-oriented churches, collegiate church planting is a major pillar of what they do. The group has an interesting history; like some other things born in the zealous times of the Jesus Movement, it has had bouts with unhealth – which the group publicly acknowledges. But under what appears to be largely a second generation of leadership, GCM continues to plant churches and work to impact students all over the country – and some of their collegiate church plants have gotten really, really big. (I got to chat with Mike Filicicchia yesterday, who’s fundraising right now to join the staff of one at UMichigan.)
While I couldn’t find a full list of GCM campus churches, there’s a fairly good chance that any collegiate church plant on your campus is GCM – so you can always ask. The ones I’ve probably heard the most buzz about are New Life Christian Fellowship at VA Tech and New Life Church at University of Michigan (which I’ll be visiting this weekend). (They’re not all called New Life.)
written from the McCords’ in Palatine, IL (one of my great homes-away-from-home)
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Road Trip 13: Days 31 & 32 recap
recap: Chicagoland, including fun with friends and great chats with college ministry people
T-shirts: the Bulldog tribe of Louisiana Tech and the Cobbers of Concordia College, Moorhead
thursday: finishing up in Chicago, then on to Ann Arbor! (see all explorations so far)
This post was suggested by a Facebook message I received recently. I’m always on the lookout for helpful topics, so feel free to suggest one!
How should college ministers respond to harmful ministries on campus?
This is an issue that has come up multiple times during this trip, and it’s one I freely admit I struggle to get my head around. I haven’t personally been involved in standing up to an unhealthy ministry. So I would love any wisdom you’ve got, or suggestions for who might have good wisdom for this area.
The history of campus cults and other ministries that harm students runs pretty deep. College campuses naturally draw and nurture errant people and groups. Sadly, the first entity to stand up against harmful ministries might be a campus’s (secular) administration, once they see the emotional harm it brings.
Shouldn’t college ministries to some extent, as shepherds, help protect students from harmful groups – even when those groups seem to come from within our ranks? But what does that look like?
This is a tricky issue from a lot of angles.
First, there’s the question of how we define / discern unhealthy ministry. That’s not the point of today’s question, but it certainly matters. Before a college minister “does something about” a ministry they believe is harmful, they had better be clear on their concerns (On the difficulty of determining what’s truly unhealthy – and Christians’ ever-present ability to misjudge this characteristic, be sure to read Adam Ratliff’s solid comments on my post here.)
Second, some ministries with past errors have repented or simply become healthier. We need to make sure our understanding of a local or national ministry is current. (It would also be helpful for us to be aware of the histories of campus cult-like activity. I fear we are doomed to repeat our difficult history because we aren’t aware of the problems of the past.)
Third, national ministries always vary chapter-to-chapter. College ministries are generally quite autonomous, even when they’re tied by organization, denomination, or other affiliation. So we need to be extremely hesitant to make generalizations just because we’ve seen problems locally. (That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t deal with the local problems, but in fact a national organization may be an ally in helping with local ministries gone awry.)
All that being said, I still think we need basic ideas on what to do if this situation arises. But I don’t know if I’ve ever heard a college minister discuss how they have handled campus cults or other clearly unhealthy ministries. I think we could all really use some wisdom on this, because our need to employ it could be just around the corner.
I would love to hear any thoughts you have, ways you’ve handled this, or examples of how others have handled these issues. (As always, just be wise about how you refer to groups, please.)
written from Motel 6, Madison, WI
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Road Trip 13: Day 30 recap
recap: a whole lot of catching up… though it never really ends…
T-shirt: the Rebel tribe of UNLV
tuesday: a little exploration around Madison, then on to Chicagoland! (see all explorations so far)
Something worth considering:
For all the emphasis we give (and should give) to developing our ministries to the point of stability and momentum, there are some positives to new, grassroots-style campus ministry.
In discussing The Edge, a new-ish collegiate church plant adjacent to Winona State University, the pastor’s wife (and Chi Alpha Campus Pastor) Steph Peterson brought up an interesting point. Some students, she said, have found it easier to join their ministry because it’s clear there are ways they can immediately plug in, serve in key ways, or even lead.
So this reveals one of those difficulties brought on by greater development. There may be less potential for new members to identify how they can take ownership in the ministry – and thus, by extension, we might lose some ability to recruit high-potential students.
In a developed ministry, everybody’s “roles” might already be set. And the pipeline for freshmen to work their way (naturally and over time) into leadership roles might be pretty well-defined, too. Whether this structure is explicit or assumed, it might not be easy for newcomers – especially ones who aren’t freshmen – to see clearly their avenues for plugging in well.
This kind of barrier doesn’t only happen structurally; it can happen relationally, too. In a ministry with well-developed community, college ministry’s tricky Community Paradox sets in: Newcomers might feel a “strong community” is less open to them, not more open.
So on the one hand, if your ministry is new, be encouraged on this point – you might just find some key, entrepreneurial, high-potential students you wouldn’t have found otherwise!
But for those with better developed ministries, this difficulty might be worth pondering. What do our “entry-level positions” look like for new students? Consider how open your ministry might seem to
- upperclassmen
- transfer students
- zealous freshmen
- students who are particularly mature
- and any others who might not fit your normal pipeline.
We might need to think of ways to help these students feel at home – even if we need to exhort, encourage, train, and otherwise prepare them to find their best place.
Any thoughts?
written from Madison, WI
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Road Trip 13: Day 29 recap
recap: the long drive all the way to Madison, with a couple of great stops along the way
T-shirt: the Wildcat tribe of Villanova
monday: primarily more catch-up work, it’s lookin’ like (see all explorations so far)
Yesterday, as I made the snowy crossing from Wyoming into South Dakota, I did more than just pass into State #9 of this road trip. And as I “landed” at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, I accomplished more than exploring Campus #19 of this trip.
I have now had the immense privilege of exploring campuses in all 48 states in the Continental U.S. in the last two years!
In fact, if I’m figuring correctly, I think my streak actually started with University of Oregon in March 2008 – so it’s only been some 19 months. (So if anybody has suggestions for getting up to AK or getting out to Hawaii by March, then that would be awesome…)
This milestone leaves me in awe once again at this crazy adventure I’ve been called to, and I hope I (and we) never miss the point that it makes so clearly: We who serve in college ministry serve in a wide, wide world! God is doing amazing things, encountering the campus tribes in powerful and exciting ways, all throughout our country. And it’s a BIG country.
So any of us would be foolish to rely on generalizations and well-worn playbooks when we have so many states, regions, and circles to learn from. Any of us would be ridiculous to presume some “manifest destiny” to establish work without first examining the work of God already taking place on a particular campus. Any of us would be poor stewards of the ministry we have received not to take advantage of the creativity, innovations, useful methods, and collective millennia of wisdom available from a nation full of awesome campus missionaries.
But on the other hand, any of us can be so, so proud that we serve among the outstanding guys and gals who labor among the campus tribes.
It has been my pleasure and a deep honor to meet a bunch of them, face-to-face, right there on their turf. (Not nearly enough, but many of them.) They are awesome people, and it’s my joy and my job to tell you about them and their wisdom – and to introduce you to each other as often as I can. (That last part might be the most fun of all.)
Thanks for joining me on these adventures. Count ‘em up, friends – we’ve now been to 48.
written from Sioux Falls, SD
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Road Trip 13: Days 24 & 25
recap: 2 more huge driving days, with some cool stops along the way (see all explorations so far)
mileage: 5,186 miles (so far)
campus visits: Colorado State University (#17), Gillette College (#18), South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (#19)
T-shirt: the Gators of San Francisco State University
thursday: heading to Fargo/Moorhead & college ministry fun there
If you learned that on your next mission trip overseas you would encounter a high concentration of tribe members in one profession, how would you prepare?
One of the cool college ministers I’ve been able to meet on this trip is Aaron Friesen, College Pastor at Magnolia Avenue Baptist Church in Riverside, CA. The church is situated right by California Baptist University, but like many church-based ministries, they connect with multiple campus tribes. Aaron and his boss, Mike Lovato, wandered with me among the Highlander tribe of UC Riverside, and at some point I asked what UCR’s emphases might be.
Afterwards, Aaron did a little research and was nice enough to send me what he found; it turns out that UCR is, among other things, strong in Business Administration, and it has one of the “Top 100″ LGBT chapters in the country.
This past week, I got to visit UNLV. One of their focus areas quickly became clear – and, if you think about it, makes a lot of sense. (Can you guess what it is?)
That’s right – the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration sits on campus in a cool building that actually seems to resemble an open-air hotel lobby. Yes, he was the founder of those Harrah’s casinos. And it’s not surprising for University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to specialize in that area.
So here’s my question: How often does college ministry impact connect with campus emphasis?
What might it look like to have specific studies for Business majors? Outreach to LGBT members, and others in that community? Discussions about Christian hospitality on a campus interested in the hospitality industry?
Clearly, there are some niche ministry efforts in our field. But I’d argue that there aren’t nearly enough. We might find that by going “deeper” in reaching single communities, we might just have the chance to reach more students, reach them better, be ultra-relevant to our audience, help students connect their future vocations with Jesus, integrate with the campus itself, directly “invade” dark places (when campus distinctives fall into that category), and more.
So have you ever brainstormed / prayed through that idea, picking some unique aspect of your campus and dreaming about intersecting it with Jesus? This could be an official (or unofficial) emphasis, a strength, a weakness, even its location or love for a certain sport.
Try it – even with some zany areas – and you might stumble upon something exciting. (And be sure to let me know!)
Meanwhile, have you seen any interesting niche ministries?
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written from Cedar City, UT
Road Trip 13: Day 22
recap: catching up, hunkered down in southern Utah
two brief campus visits: Dixie State College (#14) and Southern Utah (#15)
T-shirt: the Owl tribe of Temple University
monday: I begin 24+ hours of driving in 3 days, with some explorin’ along the way (see all explorations so far)
Upon arriving in St. George, Utah, last night, I tweeted / Facebooked my excitement over God’s Providence. When your home is a rarely-interrupted string of Motel 6 rooms in different cities, it’s easy to get particularly excited about the little variations that make for a more excellent stay. In this case, it’s a room in the front, parking directly outside, WiFi availability, a cheaper-than-usual room (with an internet discount on top of that), and an extra bed that makes for a perfect storage platform.
It’s easy to get excited about the little things. I’m thankful for a happy home.
I’m also thankful for the fact that with UNLV today, I’ve now gotten to visit college campuses in 46 states in the last two years. By Wednesday, it should be 48.
Further excitement over my temporary home came from the fact that, as I rode into Utah, I decided it would be profitable to camp out for a bit. So it looks like I’ll be right here through today and well into Sunday – if not all the way into Monday. Two or three days in one location? That feels like a month within a trip that has bounced me place to place to place like I’m a some kind of itinerant college ministry researcher…
So that’s part 1 of this week’s plan: time in Utah through Monday sometime.
As for the rest, I’ve already called an audible after announcing my plans to the Facebook Group. The plan now?
- Utah into Colorado (instead of into Wyoming via Salt Lake City)
- through Grand Junction, CO, and Fort Collins (at least)
- then out the top of Colorado, through Wyoming’s corner, and into South Dakota
- and on to Fargo by Thursday
While I’ve got to move quickly, I’m always open to fitting in some connections if I can. So if you’ve got any to recommend… (Please just don’t be offended if I can’t take you up on it – I’ll only have 3 days, and an awful lot of distance between here and Fargo.)
At three weeks into Road Trip 13, it’s been a good one. Wild, but good.
written from St. George, UT
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Road Trip 13: Day 20 recap
through Nevada, stop in Vegas, and into Utah (see all explorations so far)
mileage: 3,609 miles so far
new states: Nevada (#5) and Utah (#6)
new campus: UNLV (#13)
T-shirt: the Islander tribe of Texas A&M Corpus Christi
today: work time in St. George, Utah
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