How To Reach Mid-Termers
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] Every year we work hard and put in many hours to recruit freshmen to our group. There are the club fairs, opening week events, hours that go into tabling and everything else those first few weeks of the fall semester entail. And it’s definitely important that we spend that time […]
Go The Extra Mile
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] We’ve all heard the phrase “go the extra mile,” but did you know it comes from the Bible? It actually comes from the most famous sermon in the Bible when Jesus is preaching His sermon on the mount. In Matthew 5, Jesus talks about how to treat our enemies or […]
Being Thankful In All Circumstances
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] What does it mean to be thankful? We talk about thankfulness a lot around this time of year, but it’s something we should be thinking about all the time. It’s fairly easy to see the opposite of thankfulness. Just scroll down your Facebook feed for five minutes and you’ll see […]
How To Cultivate The Young Leaders Around You (Part 2)
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] This post is part 2 of a series from guest blogger Brad Kahler. Brad is a good friend of mine who serves at Elim Gospel Church as the Creative Arts Pastor and helps lead worship at BASICcon. He moved from Maryland to upstate New York in 2004 for college. He met his wife, […]
How To Cultivate The Young Leaders Around You
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] This week’s post comes from Brad Kahler. Brad is a good friend of mine who serves at Elim Gospel Church as the Creative Arts Pastor. He moved from Maryland to upstate New York in 2004 for college. He met his wife, Erin, at school in 2005, and their story began. Eleven years […]
College Is More Than Just Staying Christian
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] This week’s post is a guest post written by Kent Murawski. Kent is a father, husband, author and the lead pastor of Journey Church in Cambridge, MA (jcboston.org). Journey Church is a young church in one of the most influential areas of the United States. Home to Harvard and MIT, Cambridge […]
Reaching Your Campus Context
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] When I began working with BASIC in 2009, my wife and I were tasked with starting a college ministry at SUNY Geneseo and Monroe Community College (MCC). These two colleges couldn’t be more different. SUNY Geneseo is set among corn fields in a small rural town, while MCC is positioned on […]
How Anyone Can Do Great Graphic Design For Free
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] It’s back to school time and you need to get the word out about your meetings and events as soon as possible. But you don’t want your posters or other advertising to blend in with everyone else’s and you definitely don’t want it to stand out because it looks like something a […]
Creating A Seeker Friendly Environment
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] I remember my first time attending a campus ministry when I went to college. I walked into a small classroom with about ten people in it. There was no clear direction as to what was going to happen and I wasn’t even sure where I should sit. I felt awkward […]
Teaching And Bible Study Resource
[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] I’m always keeping an eye out for helpful resources that you can put to use in your ministry. This one is a number of free videos that could come in handy when putting together a sermon or running a small group Bible study. My wife has been participating in a D-Group […]