Category: college ministry
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Innovation
This series of blog posts is in response to Steve Lutz’s series on “The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry Today”. and his specific thoughts on Missiology, Theological Foundations, Ecclesiology, Innovation, and Sustainability. My thoughts are here: Missiology 1, Missiology 2, Missiology 3, and Theological Foundations. — Two Examples of Innovation In my experience, student driven…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Theological Foundations
Steve’s take is here, and below is his thesis for this issue in campus ministry: Theological foundations are needed for the faithfulness and long-term fruitfulness of our ministries. We are running semester-long sprints when we need to be training students to run the marathon of the Christian life. He then breaks the theological foundations important…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Missiology 3
Lutz’s third assertion about missiology is: We must also talk about what missional campus ministry looks like. His basic idea is quoted below: We must be concerned that most everyone is content to keep doing attractional ministry among the shrinking enclaves of churched kids. It’s not enough to attract a crowd anymore. We have to…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Missiology 2
For the first thought on missiology in a college context, click here. Steve Lutz inspired these posts, so make sure you read what he is saying here. — We need a missiology of our context: Higher Education/Academia Steve’s second assertion expands the vision of college ministries beyond simply thinking about students, but as the institution…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Missiology 1
Steve Lutz is doing a great job of working through significant questions for campus ministries, and I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to think through these as well. Click here for the overview of the issues. Missiology Steve asserts that there are three major components that need development in college/campus ministry:…
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5 Big Issues in College Ministry | The Sentinel
Steve Lutz at The Sentinel has a great post on 5 major issues in campus ministry. Below is a summary, and I’ll definitely be writing some responses to this soon. 1. MISSIOLOGY: We need more work on a missiology of our people-group, including information on sociology, demographics, psychology, and worldview of college students. We also…
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Hyperlinks – 7.2.09 (College Ministry Edition)
Below are some links for those who are interested in College Ministry: Exploring College Ministry – Benson Hines writes his observations and thoughts on college ministry after 2 years worth of research. College Ministry Thoughts – Chuck Bomar posts some good research that is useful as you think through ministering to a specific demographic. Campus…
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Integration vs. Mission | Exploring College Ministry
Benson Hines has a great discussion about integration of college ministry relative to mission here. This has been a consistent struggle for us in the College Ministry at The Austin Stone, but definitely one that has yielded great fruit in ministry. To summarize where we have landed, we: Deliberately integrate our weekly worship service, and…
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Calling | TheResurgence
I thought about posting an excerpt the following post, but it’s short and you should just read the whole thing. The Confusing Language of “Calling,” Part 1 | TheResurgence This goes in line with what I wrote in an earlier post commenting on Passivity in the Church. The root of passivity in the Christian walk…
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Refreshing Perspective | The Blueprint
I’ve really enjoyed reading Jaeson Ma’s book The Blueprint: A Revolutionary Plan to Plant Missional Communities on Campus. Jaeson is certainly cut from a different theological tree than I am, but I have been challenged and refreshed by his perspective. The book is essentially broken down into three sections: Prayer, Evangelism, and Missional Community. The…
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Passivity | Between Two Worlds
The following is a quip from Kevin DeYoung’s Just Do Something (via Between Two Worlds). Passivity is a plague among Christians. It’s not just that we don’t do anything; it’s that we feel spiritual for not doing anything. We imagine that our inactivity is patience and sensitivity to God’s leading. At times it may be;…
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The Spirit and Obedience | The Ordinary
Want to be encouraged by how God is moving in some college students’ lives? Read the excerpt below, and then follow the link: Im not making this Spirit junk up, and I didn’t do anything but surrender and admit that Im worthless and somehow yearn to be obedient. But I promise, I’ve never believed that…