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College Student Commitment

College Student Commitment. How does the level of commitment in high school Christians affect the level of commitment when a Christian reaches college age and beyond?.

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College Student Commitment

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  1. College Student Commitment How does the level of commitment in high school Christians affect the level of commitment when a Christian reaches college age and beyond?

  2. 84% of Christian 18- to 29-year-olds admit that they have no idea how the Bible applies to their field or professional interests. • OTHER (53%) • Law (8%) • Education (7%) • Law enforcement or firefighting (6%) • Government and political science (4%) • Journalism (4%) • Military (4%) • Social services (4%) • Business (4%) • Construction or industrial manufacturing (3%) • Automotive services (2%) • Agriculture (2%) • Athletics (2%) • Ministry (1%) • Accounting (1%) • Aviation (1%) SCIENCE (31%) • Engineering (13%) • Science (8%) • Veterinary care (5%) • Technology (5%) ARTS (20%) • Arts or Music (10%) • Graphic Arts (4%) • Culinary Arts (3%) • Fashion or Interior Design (3%)

  3. What’s happening • More freedom of choices (Lytch) (191-194) • Students who walk away from the faith succumb to temptations they haven’t faced before • Students who walk away from the faith didn’t learn to think • Students who walk away from the faith are consumed with the demands of making a living and the desire for success • Students who walk away from the faith see right through the charade of those who profess the faith but don’t live the life (Welleby)

  4. What Can We do For the Next Generation? • ESTEEM • Chi Alpha • Campus Crusades for Christ • Coalition for Christian Outreach • Fellowship of Christian Athletes • The Navigators • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship • United Methodist Campus Ministry • Reformed University Fellowship • Athletes in Action • Life Above

  5. Prayer • Mentor (Esteem) • Intimacy (Dunn) • Involvement (Esteem & Dees)

  6. Sources • Dees, Cherissa. “Jump-start Your Church Search.” Christianity Today: Christian College Guide. 2013. Web. 8 May 2013. • Dunn, Sean. Bored with God: How Parents, Youth Leaders, and Teachers Can Overcome Student Apathy. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2004. Print. • Esteem, the Church’s future now. National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. Web. 6 May 2013. • Freedman, Samuel G. “Helping Catholic Students Remain Catholic in a Setting of Nietzsche and Beer Pong.”The New York Times. 20 May 2011. Web. 6 May 2013. • Lytch, Carol E. Choosing Church: What Makes a Difference for Teens. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. Print. • Melleby, Derek. “Finding Community in College: 5 Ways to Help Students Connect.”College Transition Innitiative. A Resource of CPYU. 2013. Web. 8 May 2013. • --- “Why students abandon their faith: 
Lessons from William Wilberforce.”CPYU. 2008. Web. 7 May 2013. • “Top Trends of 2011: Millennials Rethink Christianity.”Barna Group. N.d. Web. 8 May 2013. • “What Teens Aspire to Do in Life, How Churches Can Help.”Barna Group. 14 June 2011. Web. 5 May 2013.

  7. Teach the value and importance of community to the life of faith • Make sure students know what Christian community is available for them where they are going to school • Help students make connections to Christian community before they arrive on campus • Host a panel discussion featuring current college students from your church • Check in on college students during their first two weeks on campus

  8. Don't let that first Sunday go by without being in church. It takes about six weeks to establish a habit, good or bad. Every week you don't go, you're creating a habit: to forget about finding a church. This is especially true on a Christian college campus, where you may be tempted to think that chapel, small groups, Bible studies or Bible classes replace your need to get involved in a local church. (Dees) .

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