Last week I found myself with my best friend Andre walking down memory lane, so to speak. 4 years ago if you had asked us what we thought we’d be doing after college, he’d have said full-time ministry, and I’d...

Last Thursday, 22 college pastors from the University of Texas spent the entire day together in prayer and planning. Just as most churches pull their staff away one day a year to spend time talking about their vision and plans...

Ten years ago, campus ministry leaders at the University of Texas began asking that question.  It wasn’t that it had never been asked.  It was that ministries had never really worked together to in a systematic way to measure the...

I am driving to Houston in about thirty minutes to meet with my friend and advisor, Jim Herrington.  Back in 1999, when campus ministers at the University of Texas were just beginning to pray together and seek God for transformation...

Every spring at the University of Texas campus ministries come together for a week of united worship, prayer, and evangelism.  We call it Rez Week – short for Resurrection Week since it takes place near Easter each year.  We, Campus...

Last Friday, we had our first community night of the semester. It was really great meeting different people, who prayed at the CHOP and shared the same vision of seeing God transform this campus by fueling the 24/7 prayer movement....

For the next several weeks I would like to write about reasons why we do not pray like we should.  My hope is not to induce guilt.  We all know we do not pray as much or as well as...

The following is an excerpt from my book Campus Renewal – A Practical Plan to Unite Campus  Ministries in Prayer and Evangelism. Campus Renewal Ministries is often invited by students or campus pastors to come to a campus to share how...

Once you have established the mission of your movement this will determine what goals you set, what activities you engage in, and how you manage yourself and your ministry. Your Mission, plus Momentum, Multiplication, and Management make up the essential...

One more day and we’ll be in December.  All to soon we’ll be saying goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011. There’s something about this time of the year that makes me reflective. Call it nostalgia, but I like to...