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

By Michael C. Mack Is your church planning a ministry to college-age students this fall? Before you do, be sure to clear away any of the fallacies church leaders often have. Brad Baker, college minister at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, lists these five: You must hire a (preferably young and trendy) full-time staff person. You must have a cool band and a world-class communicator. Your church must be close to a university campus. Your goal is to have a huge crowd of students. You need experience to start a college-age ministry. “”www.collegeministry.com/top-5-misconceptions-about-starting-a-college-age-ministry/

April 23, 2008

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By Mark A. Taylor This information isn”t available anywhere else. That was the comment one reader made about the expanded Christian college issue CHRISTIAN STANDARD published March 16. The same is true for this week”s issue. Hidden on the computer hard drives of several campus ministers, the directory we publish annually tells our thousands of readers about these ministries. Keep this issue or send it to college-age students you know. Or find the directory at our Web site and bookmark it for future reference. Hundreds of Christian students on secular campuses across the country are making life-changing commitments to God