Why Uni Ministry is Totally Awesome

I've been doing a series of posts on uni ministry in the AFES vein. The natural thing was just to do the pros and cons, but I have been putting off the pros for quite some time. The time is coming and has now come. Why does uni ministry totally rock?

  1. It frees you up to have a narrow ministry focus. You are not obligated to fulfill every single role of a local church, but focus on things such as equipping and outreach.
  2. It creates an opening for sermons and general teaching ministry on a level of academic depth that other ministries would not allow.
  3. It is an environment where a whole range of cultural pecularities can be emodied without alienating a wider audience.
  4. Younger people or univeristy students can tend to be quite swift in cultural change and a specialist ministry can adjust to this more quickly.
  5. It allows for a ministry style which harnesses the more tribal or hive behaviour of younger, single people. I suspect that when this behaviour is harnessed well for the gospel - !!!without becoming cultish!!! - then great fruit results.
  6. You have access to people from around the world, at a time of change in their lives, with a higher percentage of leadership-ability people.
  7. It can end up invigorating the local church because those who are or were involved in an intensive uni ministry are passionate about Christian ministry, full-stop.
  8. It forces Christians from a whole bunch of churches to meet
  9. It gives plenty of opportunity for Christians to find boyfriends and girlfriends.