As The Future of College Ministry blogathon has drawn to a close I am extremely thankful for all who contributed and participated, for the great conversations that continue to take place and for the ways God continues to shape the work we’ve been called to with college students.

I recognize that there’s only so much we can know about what college students will look like a decade from now — and how we might be able to minister to them, and with them, at that point in time — but I hope you found this exercise to be as fruitful and thought-provking as I did.

Here are just a few of the stats from the past few days:

Pages viewed = 7,563 (up more than 2000 from the last blogathon)

Visits to Faith ON Campus = 1,620 (up by almost 450)

Unique visitors = 945 (up over 350)

Different countries involved = 41 (up 9)

Comments = 68 (up 25 from the last blogathon… but given the number of visitors, visits and pages viewed I think this should be significantly higher… any thoughts out there? Any ideas for how to get more people engaging in the conversation as opposed to just spectating?)

Posts = 18

Authors = 18 (A special thanks to all who contributed!)

Average number of pages viewed per visit = 4.67 (up from 4.63 — how’s that for consistency)

Days = 3

If you missed any of the great posts, and conversations, from the past few days you can get caught up to speed by jumping over to The Future of College Ministry homepage.

Again, thanks to all of you who contributed and participated in this great event. You continue to challenge, encourage and shape me and the ministry I have with college students. I hope and pray that you are equally edified through your participation in events like this!

And let’s keep the conversations going!!!

That’s one of the greatest features of the blogathon… there’s nothing to stop us from continuing the significant dialog(s), and new friendships, that have been started over the past few days.