For the next few weeks I will write about the eight practices of missional communities, what Campus Renewal Ministries calls “Spark Groups.” These eight practices are described with greater detail in CRM’s Spark Course, which trains missional community leaders. Presence In The Community...
Read moreA couple of weeks ago I was sitting with a friend listening to her recount a situation at the bookstore she worked at. A man had walked in wanting to place a special book order, but since the associate whom...
Read more For the next few weeks I will write about the eight practices of missional communities, what Campus Renewal Ministries calls “Spark Groups.” These eight practices are described with greater detail in CRM’s Spark Course, which trains missional community leaders. #3 – Pray...
Read moreThe students that share the Gospel with others benefit and grow as much as those who hear it. A few years into leading a ministry with Campus Crusade for Christ I noticed the students that shared their faith regularly (a...
Read moreFor the next few weeks I will write about the eight practices of missional communities, what Campus Renewal Ministries calls “Spark Groups.” These eight practices are described with greater detail in CRM’s Spark Course, which trains missional community leaders. Partner With Others...
Read moreFor the next few weeks I will write about the eight practices of missional communities, what Campus Renewal Ministries calls “Spark Groups.” These eight practices are described with greater detail in CRM’s Spark Course, which trains missional community leaders. Pick...
Read moreShe was visiting our Friday night group for the first time. People were everywhere, chatting in the kitchen, grabbing food off the buffet spread on the dining table, and playing games on the Wii in the living room. We sat...
Read more Although some take summer classes, many college students leave their campuses during the summer to get a taste of “the real world” by working as a summer intern in their career field. For some Christian students, it may seem...
Read more Street Youth Ministry hosts a prayer hour each week at the Campus House of Prayer (CHOP). It is attended by my summer intern (a Bible college student from Missouri), by a food volunteer (a different person each week makes...
Read moreThat’s me, months before God got ahold of me during my freshman year of high school. I was an angry teenager looking for meaning in athletic success and popularity, when a man named Barry Bowling, from Student Venture (Campus Crusade’s...
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