tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29860408.post116240202427611840..comments2023-11-26T10:01:30.540-06:00Comments on Barnabas File: Conquering America?Barnabas Filehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03635912195437033251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29860408.post-1162563722130011542006-11-03T08:22:00.000-06:002006-11-03T08:22:00.000-06:00CCC and IVCF will certainly continue to be players...CCC and IVCF will certainly continue to be players as well as a number of other parachurch groups. One of the downsides to these groups is a lack of consistency in staff and, therefore, in ministry. In the middle TN area, even the CCC folks are spread thin and are asked to work several campuses.<BR/><BR/>Age is probably not as important as where you went to seminary! <BR/><BR/>Although we keep talking about churches doing more in collegiate ministry, those examples are few and far between. <BR/><BR/>I wish that I had a good answer to this situation. The old model will no longer work, but a viable, new model does not seem to have appeared yet.<BR/><BR/>One possiblity is church planting in college communities, but this is hard work and not for the faint of heart. I wonder what would happen if a really passionate person decided to do this, asked from help from CBF and the state/regional organization, and worked his/her network to provide resources. If this were in TN, I think TCBF could drop in a few bucks (now, will someone make be ante up?).Barnabas Filehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635912195437033251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29860408.post-1162488314350227732006-11-02T11:25:00.000-06:002006-11-02T11:25:00.000-06:00If the SBC and state conventions are cutting funds...If the SBC and state conventions are cutting funds for collegiate ministry, does that mean that groups like Campus Crusade and Intervarsity will dominate the collegiate ministry scene? Also, since you are a former director of campus ministry for a state convention, would you say that many states have tendencies to call only those who are under 35 to campus ministry? I am 42 and was introduced to Christianity while a college student in the 1980s; and God has given me a desire to serve in collegiate ministry for quite some time.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232094754299575395noreply@blogger.com