Sharing what's been helpful for our team... Here's three resources we've used with our staff team this year that have been helpful in keeping a razor sharp focus on Making Disciples. A 7 week guide for doing Masterplan of Evangelism in discipleship. It has pretty detailed questions for each of the 7 weeks so it makes it really easy. We had all of our staff … [Read more...] about Three Resources to Help Your Team Focus on Making Disciples
College Ministry
Leading Millennials in Ministry
Every college student you're trying to reach is a millennial. More than likely, your team of college ministers is made up of millennials (millennials were born between 1982 and 2004) This is brilliant stuff from Simon Sinek on leading millennials. He's talking about leading them in the workplace. But it applies just as well to leading and reaching millennials on the college … [Read more...] about Leading Millennials in Ministry
Top 3 Posts of 2016
Want the cream of the crop? Here's the most popular posts on my blog in 2016: Top 3 Posts Published in 2016 It’s December. You’re tired. And you should be. My Top 20 Books of 2016 10 Keys to Effective, Engaging Staff Meetings Top 5 Old Posts that Google Search Seems to Like: Why You Shouldn’t Go to Seminary (lesson: clickbait titles work!) - by far the most … [Read more...] about Top 3 Posts of 2016
Hail Mary’s vs First Downs in Evangelism – The Plus One Outreach
The feedback we were hearing from our students was pretty unanimous - They knew how to share the gospel. But they didn’t know how to get into gospel conversations with their friends. One of our students, Laurel Sitton, compares leading someone to Christ to scoring a touchdown: “When the offense goes out to try to score a touchdown, sometimes they’re 90 yards away. … [Read more...] about Hail Mary’s vs First Downs in Evangelism – The Plus One Outreach
The Local Church and Parachurch Must Work Together to Reach the College Campus
“There needs to be a wonderful positive complex, mutually supportive, interdependent, relationship between the local churches and [specialized/parachurch] ministries.” Tim Keller Beyond the Local Church by Sam Metcalf was the most thought provoking book I read in 2016. I didn’t agree with everything in the book. But it makes a compelling case for the necessity of … [Read more...] about The Local Church and Parachurch Must Work Together to Reach the College Campus