Videos for Youth Groups and Families
How Freshmen Survive, Thrive, and Help Start Awakenings
Believers College Prep will help your high school students visit local campus ministries to catch the vision.
CHELSEA’S STORY
Chelsea had seen many of her older friends fall away from their faith in college. She did some research and learned that this happens to 7 out of 10 students, and she was determined to not let it happen to her. Through a website that she used, Chelsea was able to find the Navigators at the University of Nebraska and was able to meet the leaders and other students involved in the ministry over the summer. This also helped her find a Christian roommate.
Her first night on campus, four girls in her dorm invited Chelsea and her roommate to a party. Chelsea convinced them all to go to a Navigators hangout instead. Today, a couple of years later, all six are still a part of the Navigators and are strongly walking with Christ!
AWAKENING FRESHMEN
The best way to stay strong with God in college is to be part of a community of believers, and it’s critical that students are plugged in as soon as possible their freshmen year.
For example, a number of years ago in an InterVarsity chapter in Geneseo, New York, a student radically put their faith in Jesus during freshmen orientation. That then resulted in several dozens of other students coming to Christ in his dorm. This was a defining moment of faith for the believers on that campus.
It’s important for students to realize that the lowest hanging fruit for evangelism is in the first few weeks of the school year before the freshmen are connected to new peer groups. Everyone is meeting and greeting, so it is easy to invite freshmen to ministry barbecues, frisbee, Bible studies, or Large Group meetings. Christian students finding good mentors, study partners, and friends from their ministry can lead to incredible growth in their spiritual maturity, which is vital during that first year of college.
CAMPUS STAFF HIGHLIGHTS
CAMPUS RENEWAL VIDEOS
Do College Right! Campus Ministry Link
The Black Rock Church Story
OTHER VIDEOS
The next five LiveAbove videos were from a project by Youth Transition Network, which has now refocused on the important mission of parent-student relationships. Check out their new website at ReviveFamily.com
Students Encounter Christ in New Ways
Freshman comes to Christ and Leads Others
Integrating Faith, Major, and Career
Impact on the fellowship when 2 students are healed of cancer
The six-part small group study to the right shows what happened in the 1973 Woodlawn High School revival, and helps students to set the stage to have this happen in their school. The result immersed two high schools in a spiritual awakening, created racial reconciliation, and blessed an entire city.
The free 26-minute Episode 1 is provided to the right, and you can purchase the 6-part series along with workbooks and a video leader’s guide at this link. Expand to full screen.
The Woodlawn film will be available in DVD on January 19th. Church and school showing options are available. Most people say this is the best Christian film they have ever seen…. so get the word out!
ESPN on Woodlawn Film
Tony Dungee on Woodlawn
How the Berkeley Revival Happened
Mario Murillo - A must see
Lessons From the Jesus Movement
Mario Murillo
STUDENT TESTIMONIES:
(More ministries to be added as we find more great testimonies)
Chi Alpha
Chi Alpha Stories | Chi Alpha Website
CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ)
InterVarsity
InterVarsity Stories | Intervarsity Website
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
FCA Page - See Personal Growth Stories FCA Website - Scroll down to CAMPUS
CAMPUS MOVEMENT RESOURCES
Campus Renewal
Campus Renewal site | CR videos | CR Books | Online Magazine
John Decker is the Director of the www.BelieversCollegePrep.com division of College Assistance Plus. During his 27 year career in business development at Lockheed Martin and Philips, he planted an InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter at Syracuse University, where he saw the importance of the first weeks of college as in this InterVarsity article. This led him to become the Northeast Director of Youth Transition Network and onto his current position.
