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Helping students choose between faith and family
As a pastor who is diligently trying to build a discipleship culture into the hearts of the college students I lead, I pull no punches in challenging them to rise up as active agents of redemption around the world and around the block. More and more students are doing just that in our ministry every […]
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Tips for reaching specific groups of college students
By Chris Brooks One of the things I loved about my time in college was the incredible diversity found within various friendship groups. In high school, students drew sharp lines to establish a social hierarchy. But at a university, a lot of lines began to blur or even disappear all together. Now that I’m a […]
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What’s the Dirty Little Secret of Youth and College Ministry?
By Jordanne Bonfield For some time there has been a secret brewing underneath the surface of most churches we see around us. It’s that senior leaders virtually never invest in youth and college pastors. On average, youth ministers stay at a church only 2 years. Could this be part of the reason? Unfortunately, I have […]
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Practical tips for reaching college students
By Jordanne Bonfield For the thousandth time, I found myself on Terri’s couch watching TV with her. During a commercial break, Terri was trying to break through to me about pursuing counseling. Senior year was taking its toll on me, between a major life change, some family hardships, and the acceptance of a full time […]
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A Response :: Is youth ministry subtly sabotaging college ministry?
By Dave Rhodes Last week was an interesting one here on the Wayfarer Blog. When my good friend Chris Brooks released his blog post Is youth ministry subtly sabotaging college ministry?, I knew it would create a response. I was pretty sure it would get people talking. But the question that stands in front of […]
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Is youth ministry subtly sabotaging college ministry?
By Chris Brooks (From Wayfarer Blog editors: This post starts off pretty fiery and says what some might say are some pretty incendiary things. We promise that it’ll be worth the read if you stick with it through the whole post!) According to a USA Today article a few years back, 70 percent of Protestants between […]
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