Three Books for College Ministry

 I wanted to share with you 3 new books I am aware of that might be beneficial to you and your ministry.

After College (Navigating Transitions, Relationships, and Faith) by Erica Young Reitz  This is an update of a book she did a few years back.  I got to know Erica when she was part of our program at one of our Collegiate Ministry Summits.  She did college ministry with Christian Coalition at Penn State and directed Senior EXIT.  This would be a great book to use with a group of Seniors or simply as a gift to your graduating seniors. As you know, lots of students have a difficult time right after college making spiritual connections and continuing to grow.  There are 3 sections in the book:  Real Faith:  Faithful to Christ; Real Life:  Faithful to Community and Real World:  Faithful to Our Calling.  My favorite chapter is "No Perfect Church" as so many of my grads have said they are waiting to find and join the perfect church.  This is an IVPress book.

Tribes Revisited by Ric Howerton - Ric has long been a friend to College Ministers and is THE Guru on small groups as far as I am concerned.  This book is super PRACTICAL which is always a must for me.  If you take this book serious and apply it into small groups, it will revolutionize your groups.  One application of it would be to use it with upperclass groups for serious discipleship.  Two of my favorites in it book are his listing and explanation of different types of people in a group and the Four Quadrants of Group Life.  It will come out in March.

Resolve:  What It Takes To Survive And Thrive in Hard To Reach Places by Ben Neiser - This is a brand new book available at Amazon Books that came out of Ben's ministry at Brigham Young University......yes that HARD place.  Ben started out doing college ministry there and was doing such a good job, the Morman administration invited him to leave the campus.  He and some others started a church that has grown and thrived there in the middle of the Morman capitol.  Ben uses his own personal experiences to illustrate principles.  You will find it very engaging.  It is in eBook format now with a print version available shortly.  You can check it out at Amazon.com/dp/B0DVMQ96PR.

Here is a freebie:  I just released "7 Red Flags In A Dating Relationship" which came out of a talk I had only planned to do once, but became one that different campus and youth groups kept asking me to do.  If you are interested in checking it out, you can find it here:  Amazon.com/dp/B0DTTRJH38.

Arliss Dickerson's college ministry books are available at Amazon:  Amazon.com/dp/B0BMW8NPMN