Before moving on from my most recent Exploring College Ministry road trip, I wanted to finish recounting some of the main things I learned! (Click here for Part 1.) Gatherings of our future. I love collaboration (as you know), and the four college ministry seminary classes I visited were certainly …
Road Trip #9 turned out phenomenally! Here’s the run-down of the best things I learned from my seminary-themed trip. (Part 2 tomorrow; to see all the various posts from this trip, start here.) More potential profs than I thought. Do you wanna teach college ministry? In the courses I attended, …
The fourth course I got to observe was entitled, “The Collegiate Minister.” It’s being taught the second half of this week at Midwestern Seminary, 28 more hours of college ministry education on top of the 28 that made up “Developing an Effective Collegiate Ministry.” That’s quite a week of class …
The course I began attending last night at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is entitled, “Developing an Effective Collegiate Ministry.” This is – believe it or not – one of two college ministry courses they’re cramming into this week. Basically their sched works out as something like 10 hours a day, …
My second venue on this Seminary Road Trip is Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY. This course, the “Campus Ministry Seminar” facilitated by Dr. Chris Kiesling, is an annual opportunity to expose Asbury students to guest lecturers and special topics. Not all topics are directly “collegiate,” but they can certainly …
The last few days were some of the more invigorating in recent memory, and they encouraged me immensely about the future of college ministry… particularly if seminaries will play an active role. Here is one reason I liked those 9 hours of attending, teaching, and otherwise participating in Beeson’s Campus …
I feel like today went well. Thanks for any praying you were able to do! I had the chance before teaching to meet with the University Ministries staff of Samford University. It was a wonderful 2 hours. I love Q&A sessions, particularly because I feel like I get to share …
As I explore Collegiate Ministry grad courses this week and next, first up is a 2-week January Term course at Beeson Divinity School. Some key facts: Dr. Matt Kerlin, the professor, has an impressive history of ministering within all three college ministry branches: campus-based ministry, church-based ministry, and in spiritual …
When I prepared to title this blog post, I realized I’d already used the cliché “On the Road Again” title a few months ago. In that case, I was heading to Catalyst on my first big road trip following the BIG road trip. I guess I take a lot of …
