According to the latest research put out by Barna, regular involvement faith-related small groups among teens has drastically declined over the last 13 years.
This finding confirms what I’ve been seeing on my current campus over the past 5 years. In fact, over the course of my 13 years in campus ministry I believe I’ve seen the rise and fall (and in some cases, the rise again) of the ‘big three’ programing elements: worship, small groups and outreach.
Hey friends! Welcome to the new Faith ON Campus site. I hope you’ll stop back by regularly to join in on the […]
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In a previous post I explored the question: Are we the local church OR an arm reaching on to the campus?
One of the big reasons I tend to believe that we are an ‘arm’, and not the local church, is because of the context — and more specifically — who controls it.
Campus ministry is, to a certain extent, subject to the academic institution. Unlike the local church, campus ministries will have to — again, to a certain extent — play by a certain set of rules… that they have no say in creating.
With the new school year just around the corner I thought it might be a good time to come together for some […]
It’s July. For most of us this marks the halfway point of our summer… and if you’ve not been too serious about […]
I love my family. I can’t begin to describe the intimate connection I feel when I think of my kids. I never […]