Someone said to me once, "I don't see college ministry in the Bible." I think his point was that the Bible talks about the church. I don't see church vans in the Bible either.
I see lots of things in the Bible that college ministry is all about.
-Jesus preached to and taught large crowds made up of both true followers and the merely curious.
-Jesus invested deeply in a few for leadership.
-Jesus went to and connected to a wide variety of people.
-Paul engaged people of the intellectual community in open discussion.
-Some whom Jesus helped turned away.
-Jesus said, "go and make disciples of all nations." College ministries are reaching out to the 848,000 International students in the U.S. and sending student missionaries all over the world.
-Jesus fed the 5,000. This was obviously the first college ministry Lunch/Supper program. Notice that only a few cleaned up after it was over....that has continued to be true through the years.
I will leave it up to you to find church vans in the Bible.
Arliss Dickerson's book, A 3 Part College Ministry Success Formula, is available at amazon.com/dp/B0BZ6Q7HSV and Almost Everything About College Ministry is at amazon.com/dp/B08CMD9CXX.
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