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The 1 Common Element of Radical, World-changing College Movements

February 19, 2018 By Tim Casteel Leave a Comment

For decades, Cru's mission has been "Turning lost students into Christ centered laborers." Our mantra has been "Win/Build/Send". The reason I have remained on campus for 20 years is because I want to send laborers to the harvest. But over the last few years I have been convicted that on our campus, our Cru movement could more accurately be described as … [Read more...] about The 1 Common Element of Radical, World-changing College Movements

50 Dollar Party

January 21, 2015 By Tim Casteel 1 Comment

This spring we’re giving each of our Community Groups a $50 bill to use to throw a party (an idea we stole from some other Cru movement - can’t remember who!).    We encouraged our leaders to take the $50 to their group and allow the group members to help decide how to invest the $50. It’s a fun, tangible expression of “we want our Community Group to be on mission to … [Read more...] about 50 Dollar Party

The Critical Event

August 20, 2014 By Tim Casteel 2 Comments

“The Critical Event” – a trained person taking a non-trained person to share their faith. For Montana State Cru, The Critical Event is the most important measurement of staff's success on campus. It's what they celebrate. click to read more about their Cru movement.  Ever since I heard that concept from Montana State, it has shaped much of our philosophy of ministry in … [Read more...] about The Critical Event

KGP- Great Tool for Post-modern, Secular Students

August 7, 2013 By Tim Casteel 4 Comments

I would love for you to join the discussion on a post I wrote on CruPressGreen: KGP: Awkward and Outdated or Invaluable to College Ministry? Discuss The short of it: in working with college students, is there value in using a gospel tract such as the Knowing God Personally (KGP) or a "canned approach" like The Bridge? Or, are those tools irrelevant/awkward/harmful to a … [Read more...] about KGP- Great Tool for Post-modern, Secular Students

Tim Keller on How to Get into Gospel Conversations

June 7, 2013 By Tim Casteel 3 Comments

Some great thoughts from Tim Keller on Evangelism in this video. Some highlights: If you strictly do Evangelism, the outside world sees it as recruitment, increasing your tribe, a power grab You need to combine Word and Deed. The best way to combine Evangelism and Good Deeds is on a personal level (more difficult to do on a organizational level) You’re not going … [Read more...] about Tim Keller on How to Get into Gospel Conversations

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Top 10 Books on Technology

March 3, 2020 By Tim Casteel Leave a Comment

Top 10 Books of the 2010s

January 26, 2020 By Tim Casteel 13 Comments

My Top Books of 2019

January 3, 2020 By Tim Casteel 1 Comment

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The goal of this blog is to share resources, best practices and strategy. Inspired by others who have taken the time to share their thoughts/learnings/resources, I decided to stop merely consuming and start contributing to the conversation.

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