Ideas for Running Good Meetings
Last week I talked about making sure your group is prepared to handle growth. I explained that a ministry won’t experience sustained growth unless it is prepared to handle the increase. One of the things that we can do to prepare for growth is to strive for excellence in our weekly large group meetings. For […]
Are You Ready for Growth?
Hopefully as you’ve been planning for the upcoming semester there is an anticipation building in your heart for what God is going to do in your students’ lives. While growth is not the only sign that your group is seeing success, it is one of the easiest ways to tell that you’re doing something right […]
Collaborating With Other Groups
Last month I read a blog post from Justin Christopher about the way campus ministries have changed to become more unified and less competitive with each other. Justin seems to be doing a great job of uniting campus ministries for prayer at the University of Texas. I’ve seen a need for ministries to go out […]
Growing Both Deep and Wide
A couple months ago I heard a message from Pastor Seth Goodson about the importance of growing your ministry both deep and wide through a series of steps that move people from broken to empowered. Pastor Seth is the Generations Pastor (he oversees the children, youth, and young adults ministry) at Elim Gospel Church where […]
Not All Hype is Bad
A couple week’s ago the BASIC staff watched a documentary about the formation of Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. It was incredibly encouraging to see this church’s faith and all that they have accomplished in only five years. The Lord had spoken to them that they were meant to be a mega church and reach […]
Social Justice Event
As you’re preparing and planning for the upcoming semester, I wanted to give you an event idea that I’ve seen be very successful. For two years the BASIC group at Monroe Community College has partnered with Campus Ambassadors to put on an event called Hope and Social Justice Day. This is a collaborative event organized […]
Join the Movement
A couple BASIC conferences ago we made t-shirts that said, “Join the Movement.” While I think these shirts looked pretty cool and could definitely be a good conversation starter, I was reminded of something God has instilled in me since I started working in college ministry when I wore mine the other day. The phrase […]
A Brief Recruiting Tip
Here’s a short blog post from Benson Hines about how to maximize our recruiting efforts this fall. I think this could be very useful in helping you to maximize your time and efforts. You can check it out over at Benson’s blog.
Recruiting Influencers
For this week’s edition of the blog I wanted to highlight a section of Steve Shadrach’s book, The Fuel and the Flame, that I found to be incredibly helpful when looking at how to best build a movement on campus. In his book (which I highly recommend as a practical guide to campus ministry) Steve […]
An Angry Birds Analogy
Is there any part of your ministry that is consistently a point of frustration? Maybe you have a good size group, but every time you’ve tried small groups they seem to fall short of expectations. Maybe your students seem passionate, but every time you try to do an outreach event no one shows up. I […]