Launching College Ministry
Submitted by xaglen on Fri, 2006-03-24 14:06
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There are 81 colleges or universities that enroll more than 1,000 students in our district. We currently have ministries on less than 20% of those campuses.
We've got to start more ministries!
Basic Principles
- Be sure to become a Registered Student Organization--it will really make a difference in your ability to get things done on campus (reserving rooms, etc).
- Always prefer action over inaction.
- You Get What You Have
- Your methods speak louder than your messages. Students will imitate what they see--talk all you want about evangelism, if you all you do is invite Christians to come join a Christian club then that's all you can expect from your students.
- Don’t start a large group meeting until you have around 20-30 students. If you don't have a critical mass then it's hard to grow. Students don't feel comfortable inviting their friends. Until that time, do everything through small groups.
- The beginning is hard, exhausting work. You have to take the initiative in everything, meet people like crazy, and follow up on those meetings.