Study 8: The Campus Ministry Flashcards
1.
The Campus Campaign (1 Samuel 18:16)
a. Start with a bang! Pray hard! All night prayer? Jericho march Prayer? Early Morning prayer meetings?
b. Blitz!!! Share with tons of people at the beginning and get tons of studies going!
c. Reach as many students as possible in the first two weeks of school
d. Follow Up is crucial: Have a “follow up party” leading into a “Campus Bring Your Neighbor Day”
e. Share and study with opinion leaders- Student Body Officials, Club Presidents, Athletes
f. Purchase university hats and merchandise
g. Encourage marrieds and singles to help out!
2.
Numerical Faith And Effort Goals (Luke 13:32)
a. Motivate and inspire your ministry to be excited about goals - goals saves souls
b. Have daily sharing goals, visitors, and studies goals- Make it fun and exciting
c. Challenging but realistic goals
d. Set baptism and expansion goals - How many new Bible Talk Leaders will be raised up and how many new Bible Talks will be started?
e. Additions are baptisms and restorations. Multiplication is new Bible Talks
3.
Campus Run Services (1 Timothy 4:12)
a. Have the students prepare and run a whole Sunday service
b. Train them on how to present publicly and how to preach
c. Encourage the people to show up in their University gear!
4.
Adapt (1 Corinthians 9:22)
a. Be willing to change your time, location and theme
b. Go where the fish are! Have multiple Bible Talks on campus simultaneously
c. With the pandemic adapt to social media to share your faith
5.
Solomon’s Colonnade (Acts 5:12)
a. Persistence and presence
b. Always hang there
c. Put in the hours
d. Have a presence in the dorms
e. Convert opinion leaders
f. Best place to create warm contact conversions
6.
Print And Social Media (Colossians 4:4-6)
a. Have great personal invites and ministry flyers
b. Get a name and a logo - shirts, wristbands, and other merchandise will help propagate your brand and name
c. Teach the importance and impact of social media. Fry the airwaves
7.
Personal Example (1 Corinthians 11:1)
a. Identity is huge
b. Grades- sit in the front of the classroom and involve yourself. This will inevitably bring people to you seeking academic help as well as life help
c. Lifestyle- Be outgoing! Read books on leadership and get involved in campus life. Don’t be a moody millennial
d. Dress- learn what’s in and look the part. This will make you more approachable and inviting
e. Fitness- gain the respect of even the most disciplined athletes on campus and watch the fruit come in!
f. Seek racial and gender balance of your ministry
g. Spiritual example- be an example in your purity and call out the sin on campus
h. Sincerity in friendship. Care about those you are studying with even if they do not make it. Have a time of friendship outside of studies
8.
Group Evangelism (Mark 6:7)
a. Jesus sent His disciples out two by two
b. Keep each other accountable when one is tempted to “chicken out”
c. Allows us to be bolder
d. Makes evangelism fun
9.
Food, Fun, and Fellowship (Acts 2:46)
a. Food always attracts people
b. Plan powerful Friday night devotional and fellowship with food and music
c. Happy disciples are fruitful disciples
d. Plan retreats and outings i.e., camping, beach days, sporting events, etc.
10.
Relevant and engaging Bible Talks (Acts 14:1)
a. Refuting false doctrines
b. Dealing with hot topics
c. Use humor
d. Keep things brief and powerful
e. Set up studies right after the discussion is over
f. Bringing things around to baptisms
g. Our modern-day public place right now is social media. People go there for the newest ideas. Get creative there as well!
11.
Clubs (Acts 8:4-13)
a. Introduce yourself to the preexisting social communities, sports clubs, religious groups, etc.
b. Clubs can give you access to funds, resources and facilities
c. Find 5-talent young people!
12.
Stay Gritty (Luke 6:27-36)
a. Persecution can be heavy on campus
b. Prepare your people with the right attitude
c. Role play a model campus bible talk in small teams and give feedback!
1 Timothy 4:12 NIV
[12] Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
Mark 6:42 NIV
[42] They all ate and were satisfied,
