10 PRINCIPLES OF FRESHMEN MINISTRY
Many freshmen shipwreck their lives during the first month of college. Ministering to a campus is all about reaching into the lives of those most promising...and most vulnerable.
1. Freshmen are more available the first three weeks of the fall than at any other point in their college career.
2. Freshmen must be met where they are emotionally and spiritually, then loved while challenged to grow.
3. College freshmen are easier to reach than any other group and easier to lose than any other group.
4. Freshmen most often respond initially to large well done group events, but are retained to a ministry by the individual and personal relationships.
5. An aggressive outreach to Freshmen will be surprising in who responds and frustrating in who does not remain.
6. Relationships help determine where freshmen go and don't go.
7. Most decisions are made by freshmen in regard to how it will benefit or affect them personally.
9. Who does the Freshmen Ministry will help determine who responds to the ministry.
10. Freshmen respond to that which offers help in their specific felt needs.
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