Church & Ministry

List of Campus Ministries for 2014

What Every College Kid Needs

What do college students need most? Campus minister Mike Kerrick explains how relationships with God, friends, family, and local churches help students navigate college life and build a…

The Elder Serves the Younger

Robert and Linda Stanfill turned retirement into an unexpected calling, welcoming international students through English classes, shared meals, and lasting friendships that transformed their Kansas City church community.

From College-Bound to I GO Bound

How do campus ministries prepare students for missionary service? Discover how college experiences, discipleship, mission trips, and professional education helped young Christians turn their academic interests into opportunities…

Blitz Your Community

Nearly 2,000 Northeast Christian Church members traded weekend services for community outreach in Louisville, contributing more than 4,000 volunteer hours. Discover how listening to local needs helped shape…

Interviewing Pete Rose for God”s Sake

When Christ's Church of the Valley invited Pete Rose to discuss second chances, the event attracted non-churchgoers and offered valuable lessons in outreach, hospitality, and planning church events.

Planting Where Sin Abounds

Vince Antonucci partners with Stadia to launch Splagna Church Planting, an initiative inspired by Jesus' compassion and dedicated to establishing churches in some of the world's most challenging…

Five Off-Target Notions about Starting a College-age Ministry

Starting a college-age ministry? Brad Baker of Saddleback Church identifies five common misconceptions about staffing, worship, campus proximity, attendance, and experience that church leaders should reconsider before launching…

Real Issues, Real Talk

Real Life Christian Church's Real Talk television program tackles controversial cultural issues through candid, Scripture-guided conversations, encouraging viewers to examine their perspectives while keeping Jesus at the center.

A Conversation with Lisa Harper

Lisa Harper discusses women's ministry in changing times and shares life-changing lessons from becoming a single parent at age 50 in this Christian Standard interview with Mark Taylor.

A Conversation with Rick Rusaw

Rick Rusaw discusses how externally focused churches are making a difference in their communities, the power of neighboring, and how LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, Colorado, puts these…

A Conversation with Ben Merold

Why will small churches survive, and why must they? Ben Merold discusses their future and how they can continue in an interview with Christian Standard editor Mark Taylor.

A Conversation with David Kinnaman

Why are millennials leaving the church? Barna Group president David Kinnaman joins Christian Standard editor Mark Taylor to discuss the challenges of engaging younger generations and how churches…

Bad Sermons, Big Vision

Alan Ahlgrim recalls the worst and best advice he received from a church elder, revealing how a warning about bad sermons gave way to an encouraging reminder of…

Restoring Biblical Community

What does authentic biblical community look like? Michael C. Mack explores how small groups can restore New Testament relationships through commitment, sacrificial care, spiritual growth, and seven practical…