Homing In on College Students
Some ministries try to reach college students on campus. Others try to attract them into the church building. Big Hill Avenue Christian Church in Richmond, Kentucky, has added a third way.
Each week 50-70 students from Eastern Kentucky University gather at the Daniel Boone statue plaza on campus to board a bus for the midweek "Evening Away from Campus."
"We take them to a different church member's home each week," says Joe G. Whitaker, associate minister. "We may go to a farm and sit around a campfire, or we may jam the floor of someone's living room."
There, the prayer times and Bible study are enhanced.
"Meeting in homes reminds the students of their homes or, if they haven't had a good home life, of the homes they'd like to have," says Whitaker. "It's a good place to display Christian families living together."
The students seem to enjoy getting off campus and into a home atmosphere.
"I just can't believe families open their homes to such a large, undetermined number of people," says one student from a small town.
But the church members also enjoy the contact—joining in the prayer and study—with the students.
"I never realized college students had so much to offer spiritually," says one host. "They're more mature than I was at that age. These days it seems they don't commit themselves to Christ until they really mean business. It's a blessing to have them here."
Some of the families wind up "adopting" some of the students—inviting them back for meals or outings.
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