Renewing Campus Movements

College ministry in urban centers has potential for far reaching cultural impact. But high costs, insufficient ministry models, and low coordination across campus movements undermine our ability to renew the campus.

The Campus Movements track will clarify what a gospel movement in urban campuses could look like, connect like minded practitioners in action learning around campus renewal, and address the barriers to cultural impact.

This Track is for:

  • Collegiate Ministry Directors and Practitioners in cities who share vision for a Gospel shaped movement transforming the university and the culture.

TRACK OBJECTIVES/GOALS:

  1. Identify opportunities for campus ministries to contribute to the renewal of the city through the creation of vibrant urban ministries
  2. Identify: 
    • the key barriers which prevent campus ministries (whether church-based or parachurch) from contributing fully to the renewal of the city and 
    • the next steps necessary to eliminate those barriers.
  3. Develop on-going working groups to address those issues which arise from, and build on, future   Movement Days.
  4. Create a network of urban campus ministry practitioners and leaders which will engage in conversation both at and after Movement Day.    

 

TRACK SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:  

/files/Images/head shots/Kim photo.jpg  Kim Porter, Director of Leadership Development for Senior Staff, InterVarsity

Kim Porter serves as the Director of Leadership Development for Senior Staff in InterVarsity. She loves equipping over 200 senior ministry leaders to be effective in their mission to college students. Prior to that, she served for a decade as InterVarsity Regional Director in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a Masters in Adult Education from Portland State University, specializing in training and development.   

TRACK DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS:   

Gregory Jao   National Field Director/Northeast, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA   
Larry Christiansen   Executive City Director NY, Cru   
Jeremy Story  President, Campus Renewal Ministries   
Jason Gaboury  Regional Director, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA