5 reasons the local church should invest resources into university ministry.

1. Vision

University students understand where society is heading better than anyone.
They can help the local church communicate effectively to future generations.

2. Strategy

University students are the future leaders of the marketplace and our nations.
Reaching, training, and releasing disciple-making graduates is like sending finely tuned special forces units into the heart of the world's need.

3. Revitalization

University students have fresh perspectives and loads of energy ready to be spent.
When they catch the vision to spend that energy reaching and discipling their peers, it will inspire and challenge the local church to do the same.

4. Timing

University students are forming opinions and making decisions that will impact their entire life.
It can be intimidating but this is THE PERFECT moment to get them thinking about God.

5. Responsibility

A local church in a university town has a responsibility to reach it's community including the university and it's students.
We must not be fearful of the liberal university culture. We must see that this is a moment in these students' lives where they are open to new ideas, curious about life, and are desiring to impact the world.
We have a responsibility to reach those places in our community…include university students.

If your local church is in a university town, you should be investing resources (time, money, prayer) into the ministry on that campus. If there aren't any ministries on that campus, I challenge you to start one.

If your local church is not in a university town, I challenge you to find the closest university and invest (time, money, prayer) into a ministry on that campus. See if God doesn't bless you for pouring into local missions efforts. (And yes, university ministry is a missions outreach…but that's another blogpost.)

Next week I'll be sharing 5 myths of university ministry. Stay tuned!