Well the time has finally come for me to have some sort of outlet to share some thoughts. As time passes, hopefully I will have time to share thoughts on theology, ministry, college students, and other topics that seem to arouse a thought on any given day.
My only thought today is that when I look back to this original post, I want to look back and see that I posted about something meaningful to me and the ministry God has entrusted to me. To sum it up in a quick word, God has called me to Anderson University for this season of life to make collegiate disciple-makers. When I look back on the ministry at AU, whether that be months or years down the road, I pray that the ministry at AU is known more for multiplying disciples and sending them out to impact the nations than for simply gathering large numbers of people into a building so we can write stats down on a report. At AU BCM we cling to both the invitation of Jesus in Matthew 4:19 and the Great Commission in Matthew 28. I am still struggling through what this exactly looks like on our campus, but just because I might not know exactly what it looks like or how to always implement it, my focus cannot change. I just pray that as I engage the campus community with the Word of God and as we invest in the lives of students, that Jesus matures believers to the point that they can begin to spiritually reproduce. Everything we do as a ministry with the BCM then needs to be filtered through theses same strategic lenses. Does this help believers mature and equip them to multiply? Are we inviting people to follow Jesus? Are we intentionally fishing for men? Does this truly help us make disciples?
