If you have not looked at www.sbccalled.com, you need to check it out. If you are familiar with it, but have not looked at it in a while, you need look again.. New resources continue to be added. It is a great site to point your students to that have either sensed a call to ministry or are trying to discern it.
Some of the sections include job descriptions, education requirements, and information about how the SBC works. My favorites have been the listings of the MANY different job descriptions within full or part time ministry. Many students, like me, may have grown up in smaller churches and did not know of anything other than pastor, music ministry, and missionaries. They will find here a variety of ministry options which may help a student clarify their call. Also, there is information about education requirements.
Check out the new section titled "Collegiate Student Ministry & Missions Opportunities." You and your students can look at the various ways to serve the Lord in the summer. These vary from those through State Convention Summer Missions positions to Gen Send, IMB, Fuge and Student Life. There is also a listing of State Convention and local Association Camps and Conference Centers. This is the first time a student can access all of them in one place. So, this site is not just a tool for those called to ministry, but any student willing and interested in investing a summer. And no, it is not too early to think summer service opportunities, as many students must decide about applying for internships, etc
Steve Masters, Baptist Campus Minister at LSU has been the driving force in developing sbccalled.com. If you have thoughts or suggestions, you can contact him at lsubcm@eatel.net. Check it out and see what is new or check it out for the first time. But, you don't have to be Baptist to benefit from it.
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