Every year about this time I start the daunting process of distributing our year-end survey to all 66 campus ministry leaders at the University of Texas.  It’s the most difficult thing I do all year, but it results in one...

About two years ago my wife and I were asked to move to Austin to help give leadership to an Epic Movement team there. Epic Movement is the Asian American reaching arm of Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ). Within...

A ministry formed by  a few freshmen is not something that’s heard about everyday on college campuses.  When it does happen though, it’s definitely impressive and catches people’s attention.  The Honors Quad Missional Community did just that. CRM Media recently...

Something New “Missional communities” is one of the hottest trends and buzz words in Christianity right now. They have become so popular that in a recent campus minister’s meeting I was in one pastor commented, “I’d be interested to know...

Street Youth Ministry (www.StreetYouthMinistry.org) has several missional communities within the UT student body. Missional communities is a very wide topic, and I frankly don’t know everything about it… perhaps even very little. I just want to present the case that...

As school is back in session, now is a great time to create new friendships. In the midst of those friendships, we have the opportunity to bring our faith, love, and hope into their lives. Even in a growing city...

Developing Missional Christians The Anglican theologian Martin Thornton, writing in the early 20th century, developed a theory of church leadership that he called “a theology of the remnant.” He believed that every church was composed of three tiers of people,...

I’ll never forget the day a sorrowful college pastor asked for prayer at one of our gatherings. He described how he had just come from his church’s staff  meeting where they directly asked him, “Why isn’t our college group as...

It’s the start of a new year in campus ministry. This weekend 8000 freshman moved into their dorms at the University of Texas. You know what that means, right? It’s time for Christian Rush! All 65 campus ministries at UT...

This summer, as I have been working with some of our new CRM staff on other campuses, I have been reminded of the simple truth that big things start small and small things should not be despised by those who...