Nor Cal / Nev College Ministries

Being big does not mean that a group has good theology or a sound philosophy of ministry. It doesn't even mean that the leaders are good Christians (although I don't have any reason to doubt those listed below).

But becoming and staying big does mean that they've learned how to attract and retain college students. Here are a handful of large college ministries in America, and we can all probably learn a few things from them.

Over 1,000

• Breakaway Ministries runs about 4,000 and is at Texas A & M.
• The INN runs about 1,400 and is touching the University of Washington.
• San Luis Obispo Campus Crusade runs over 1,000 and is reaching Cal Poly.

Under 1,000

• theMILL runs around 800 and is sponsored by Ted Haggard's church in Colorado Springs.
• Grace On Campus is at UCLA and sponsored by John MacArthur's church. Evidently they're the largest ministry on that campus. They also do free consulting.
• Campus Christian Fellowship is at Western Washington University and they're running about 500. They're a Chi Alpha ministry.