August 18, 2025
Advice for Parents of University Students
I often tell parents that there is a great opportunity for spiritual growth and development as students enter into the university.
Articles for tag: University Of Arkansas
September 16, 2024
‘Be Salt and Light’: Campus Ministry Leader Served as Track-and-Field Official at Paris Olympics
As millions of people watched the summer Olympics in Paris, University of Aransas Campus Minister Mike Armstrong served as a track-and-field official for the event.
March 23, 2014
Not the Only Christians on Campus
By T.R. Robertson Believers””and nonbelievers””from a wide range of backgrounds gather under the influence of campus Christian ministries. How do they experience and express the reality of this motto? James was raised in a Christian family, part of a rural Missouri church that brought him up to know and follow the teachings of the Restoration Movement. Gary was the product of a church that does not share the legacy of the Restoration Movement. Both James and Gary attended the University of Missouri when they left home, and both became involved with the Mizzou Christian Campus House, a Christian church/church of
August 20, 2012
Here They Come . . . and There They Go
By Mike Armstrong College campuses across the country will soon be flooded with the next class of new students. Also arriving will be thousands of the most promising students from around the world, with more than half of these coming from the world”s least-reached nations. Both American and international students will arrive with dreams and plans for their college careers and their futures. But what most will not realize is that when they arrive on campus, God is already there. Many of these students will encounter God in ways that will change their lives. Saying “hello” to these new students
May 3, 2009
More Than 120 Years . . . and Counting
 By Greg Swinney About This Article Long-term ministries tell a story. Nearly two-dozen campus ministers with the Christian churches/churches of Christ have served in campus ministry for more than 20 years (many in the same location where they started). It”s not because they couldn”t find jobs elsewhere . . . it”s because they have a deep-seated passion, a burning in their hearts for the students who walk the concrete sidewalks of the academic jungle we call the state university. This article draws upon more than 120 years of combined experience of four of these campus ministers. Roger Songer, campus
