Models of Church-Based College Ministry

Posted March 24th, 2006 by xaglen

Models That Churches Can Use (in ascending order of difficulty)

Student-Led Bible Studies on Campus: there are tons of resources for releasing your students to do this sort of thing and do it well. You’ll need one or two gifted and committed students to launch this. Point them to Advice For Student Leaders.
Lunch Programs on Community Colleges: begin offering a free meal along with an evangelistic program on campus once a week. You’ll need enough time to do this and a core of students who will agree to come to the meeting (to create energy). You’ll also need money for the food. Learn more at Reaching Community Colleges.
College-Age Sunday School Class: if you’re overwhelmed and are trying to do something, try to throw one of these into the mix. You’ll need a quality leader and a core of college students to start.
The Three Hours Model: a college-friendly Sunday morning worship service, a college-specific Sunday school class/small group network, and a college-specific midweek worship service (either on campus or in the church). You’ll probably need multiple youth staff to be able to pull this off. In fact, under this model the ideal is to have a full-time college pastor.