Category: college ministry
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College Ministry and Missional Communities
Over the next few weeks, I’ve asked several members of our team at The Austin Stone to write on different aspects of missional community in different contexts and ministries. Today, Chad Kincer is going to share some learning points from practicing missional community in a collegiate context. Chad serves as the College Director for College at The…
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College Ministry Links
There were two great posts about college ministry today that I wanted to point out to you: 6 Essentials of College Ministry from The Resurgence – this is some great practical wisdom for particular issues we face on college campuses. College Ministry Poles: Cooperation vs. Independence by Benson Hines – an excellent post on interaction…
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Freshman Ministry at The Austin Stone | Gentrified
Ever wondered what The Austin Stone is doing with Freshmen this fall? Check out what my friend Logan Gentry and the College Team have cooked up for Freshmen below: — We’ll be dealing with 6 issues that focus on Gospel, Community, & Mission and answering the essential questions of what it means to believe in…
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The Spiritual Openness Continuum | the SENTinel
My new friend Steve Lutz has done some good work on articulating the relative breakdowns of students at Penn State on their “spiritual openness continuum”. I’d suspect it looks fairly similar on most state university campuses (±5%): +2 Actively looking, open people (churched, professing Christian, or on the verge). 3% of the student population +1…
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Obedience Is Key | Learning to Trade
I love doing College Ministry, but more importantly, I love it when men whom you have invested your life into apply what they have learned to their lives. Below is a post from a student whom I discipled as he is entering into the world of day trading: I’m 100% sure that trusting God will…
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Summary of College Ministry | Gentrified
Ever wondered what we’re up to with college this time of the year? Check out my friend Logan Gentry’s post on what’s happening, starting with Austin Stone on Campus. Below is the twitter chatter from ASOC…good stuff! — Realtime results for “austin stone” 0 more results since you started searching. Refresh to see them. toodus:…
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Buy a Book, Support a Mission
College Students: As you are preparing for you return to campus and your fall classes, inevitably you are going to purchase your textbooks. Makarios, one of our partnering organizations in the Dominican Republic, has set up a site where you can purchase your books through Amazon and they receive a percentage of the proceeds. Friends:…
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Summary | Exploring College Ministry
My new friend Benson Hines has just posted an excellent summary of his ministry over the course of the summer, along with a summary of a number of excellent posts related to college ministry. Head over to his blog and check out some of the links: Exploring College Ministry | Summer Wrap Up
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College Ministers and Adoption
As many of you have read, my wife and I have really been praying through adoption and how God would have us advocate for orphans in our city. Connecting with another college minister (Michael Mears at FSU) via Twitter who was in the adoption process got me to thinking… For many college students, there perspective…
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Missional Campus Ministry | Jesus Creed
Scot McKnight has entered the conversation about Missional College Ministry over at Jesus Creed. He’s gearing up for a series of post it appears, and I am looking forward to engaging what he is saying! Head over there and interact with this basic question: “What should a missional campus ministry look like in our largely…
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The Need is the Call | North Africa
Some of our students from The Austin Stone have been instrumental in making the video below…maybe you are the person they’re looking for?
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Cool College Students | Repost Set 4
This set is some highlights of what Austin Stone students have done in the last year: Students reaching out to children in tough neighborhoods – St. John’s Day Camp Making disciples on campus – Unconventional Baptism One of my students gets published at Relevant.com – Relevant Another student is recognized for her work in Sudan…