Don’t Stop!
For anyone who is discouraged, tired out, or just bored with campus ministry I wanted to take a brief moment to tell you don’t stop! The work you’re doing can be hard at times, but it is making a HUGE impact on the Kingdom. Here are several reasons why campus ministry is so important: [li]most […]
Levels of Leadership
Dee Hock, the founder and former CEO of Visa wrote an article a number of years ago called, “The Art of Chaordic Leadership.” In this article he spoke at one point about who managers should spend their time managing and it got me thinking about where our time could be used most wisely as leaders […]
Opportunities to Serve
This past January a group of 28 BASIC students and 5 leaders took a missions trip to New York City. We worked with NYSUM (New York School of Urban Ministry) all week serving in soup kitchens, playing with kids, handing out blankets and food to homeless, and doing subway ministry. We had an incredible time […]
Creative Ways to Advertise
At the beginning of the semester it can be a good idea to do another advertising campaign. Some students may have missed your advertising in the fall, you may need to rebrand yourself, or you may reach some new transfer students who just came in. So, what are some creative ways to advertise other than […]
Some New Features
I just wanted to let you know about some helpful updates that have been made to the blog as you can see from the different sidebar to the left. Let me take just a minute to explain some of the new features. Along with the “About the Author” section I’ve added on the left a […]
Giving Your Ministry a Check-Up
If there’s one thing that we can easily do to make our ministries better it is to be regularly evaluating what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. Think of this as an ongoing check-up. However, sometimes it can be hard to look at what we’re doing with fresh eyes if we’re in the middle […]
How to Vary Large Group Meetings: Some Ideas
At the end of last week I gave an introduction to how we can vary our large group meetings by referencing a list that Benson Hines put together on different decisions we make regarding our meetings. I wanted to expand on that a little this week and get you thinking about some ways you can […]
How to Vary Large Group Meetings: An Introduction
If you haven’t gathered yet I’m posting to this blog typically once a week. If I post a second time in a week it is usually because I came across a resource throughout the week that I think would be beneficial, but I try to only post it if it is something that can be […]
Meeting Rundowns
When I moved to Lima and began working for BASIC we decided to attend Elim Gospel Church. Nearly 900 people attend Elim on a Sunday. It was a much different experience from the churches we had been involved in that were never bigger than about 300 people. One thing that I quickly noticed was that […]
What Sets You Apart?
OK, I’ll admit it. Over the holidays I watched the Rachael Ray show with my wife. Cheryl absolutely loves to cook and will watch pretty much anything on the Food Network if I let her have the remote. As we were watching, Rachael Ray said something that made me think of college ministry. She said […]