At this past weekend’s CollegeLeader Conference, the topic of organic campus ministry seemed to come up quite a few times. So I figured I would (organically) take that opportunity to introduce the next entry in the College Ministry Poles series! I doubt there are too many many college ministers who …
As I noted in the last College Ministry Poles entry, there are certain areas within campus ministry in which a surprising chasm exists. These are philosophical or methodological “camps” that, from what I can tell, may only have a hazy understanding that the other side exists. Parallel universes! Reflecting one …
Throughout my travels, it’s been interesting to see cases in which two quite different methodologies are widespread, but few college ministers seem to have considered any sort of combination or compromise. Such is the case with today’s entry in the “College Ministry Poles” series, which asks, “Does your ministry provide …
See the College Ministry Poles series (so far) here, and feel free to engage in the conversation! The question: Do we focus on building our ministry in the present, or work toward better impact in the future? It’s easy to say, “Let’s do both!” But the reality is that we …
Tuesday’s first post in the College Ministry Poles series produced some great commentary from readers. Thanks, friends. (Besides that post, you can read the intro to the series here.) Today’s entry touches on a big question: How much should students be used / ministered to within their own collegiate context, …
Yesterday I announced the beginning of a new semi-regular series, “College Ministry Poles,” looking at key collegiate ministry issues that are often fleshed out between two extremes. My hope is to stretch our thinking, especially as we realize that in many cases, a large number of college ministers have chosen …
A few days ago, I used an old post by Matt Jensen of Mars Hill Seattle to discuss how common it is to find college ministries that vary widely in the “nuts and bolts” of their ministries. While “classic” campus works are, on the one hand, uniform uniform in their …
