Enhance Team Management with Talentoday.com
For this week’s post, I just wanted to give a quick tip about a powerful tool that is available for team leadership. It’s a personality test called Talentoday. It’s free to sign up and use, and has some great features that will allow you to manage your college ministry leadership team with more insight and […]
Enemies of Ministry: Fear
It’s an honor for me to contribute to this series: the Enemies of Ministry with my fellow contributors. The posts so far have been raw, honest, real, and encouraging. As I was reading and watching the posts, I found myself relating to the temptations of holding offenses, feeling entitled, and launching myself into a non-existent […]
6 Podcasts You Should Listen To
I don’t know about you, but I’ve grown to love listening to podcasts. It’s such an excellently convenient way to gain new perspective, learn something new, and stay awake on those long late-night car rides. While there are tons of amazing podcasts about every topic imagineable, here are 6 podcasts that every college ministry leader […]
#BASICsunday
As the semester comes to a close, consider throwing a huge party with your church to reflect on all that God has done this semester/year. One of the core values of my particular college ministry (and BASIC as a whole) is that we’re supported by, and rooted in a local church. The chapter of BASIC […]
Is it Ok to Discipline Your College Students?
I’ve recently been faced with a few instances where I had to deal with a tough question: is it okay for me, as a college pastor, to discipline the college students that are part of the ministry that God has entrusted to me? If you’ve worked even one semester as a minister on a college […]
6 Reasons Why I Love #BASICcon
As a student who personally benefitted from attending BASIC’s biannual conferences with hundreds of other college students and young adults, as well as a college pastor who currently benefits from bringing my students to the conferences, I thought it would be appropriate to share a few of the reasons why I love #BASICcon. A Sanctified […]
Why You Should Care About the Super Bowl (Even If You Hate Football)
I have to admit, I’ve only really enjoyed football for the past two or three years. Another perk of marrying my wife was marrying into her football-fan family (go Giants!). Over these last few years, our family has used football as an excuse to just simply spend time together. This weekend, maybe your ministry could […]
4 Questions To Help Plan the New Year
Happy New Year! We at BASIC pray that 2014 will be the most powerful and precious year for you and your ministry! There are many things to look forward to as the new year begins. As we plan for students to return in a few weeks, here are four questions to ask yourself and your […]
Get Your Students To Church
I believe that a key success factor of any church-based college ministry is it’s ability to get college students physically present in local churches. In my experience, students who attend local churches while they are in college are much more likely to find churches in whatever location they call home after college. As far as […]
The Part I Missed About Moving Mountains
Our college ministry recently faced a trial up on campus. As we were preparing for our student government to vote on our status of being an officially recognized club, I revisited some popular scriptures about partitioning God. I eventually visited the verse about ‘moving mountains’ and discovered an important truth that I’d never previously considered… […]