{"id":2391,"date":"2024-04-08T15:18:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T20:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegiatedisciplemaker.com\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2024-04-08T15:18:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T20:18:42","slug":"an-open-letter-to-southern-baptists-our-campus-ministries-wouldnt-exist-without-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegiatedisciplemaker.com\/an-open-letter-to-southern-baptists-our-campus-ministries-wouldnt-exist-without-you\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to Southern Baptists: Our Campus Ministries Wouldn\u2019t Exist Without You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: This post is part three of our series on College Ministries and the Local Church examining the relationship between the two. You can read the previous posts here:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collegiatedisciplemaker.com\/reconciling-the-local-church-with-parachurch-campus-ministry\/\"><em>Part 1: Reconciling the Local Church with Parachurch Ministry\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collegiatedisciplemaker.com\/college-ministry-was-never-meant-to-replace-the-local-church\/\"><em>Part 2: College Ministry Was Never Meant to Replace the Local Church<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright, here\u2019s the deal: I\u2019m going to get personal on this one because when I think about the relationship between campus ministries and the local church, I get fired up. Why? Because if it weren\u2019t for the strong backing of over forty-five local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbc.net\/\">Southern Baptist <\/a>churches (not to mention the help we get from the <a href=\"https:\/\/mobaptist.org\/\">Missouri Baptist Convention<\/a>, which itself only exists by the grace of local churches), there wouldn\u2019t be a Baptist campus ministry in my area.<\/p>\n\n\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollegiatedisciplemaker.com%2Fan-open-letter-to-southern-baptists-our-campus-ministries-wouldnt-exist-without-you%2F&#038;text=%22If%20it%20weren%27t%20for%20the%20strong%20backing%20of%20over%20forty-five%20local%20Southern%20Baptist%20churches%20%28not%20to%20mention%20the%20help%20we%20get%20from%20the%20Missouri%20Baptist%20Convention%2C%20which%20itself%20only%20exists%20by%20the%20grace%20of%20local%20churches%29%2C%20there%20wouldn%27t%20be%E2%80%A6&#038;via=mbcollegiate&#038;related=mbcollegiate' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&quot;If it weren&#039;t for the strong backing of over forty-five local Southern Baptist churches (not to mention the help we get from the Missouri Baptist Convention, which itself only exists by the grace of local churches), there wouldn&#039;t be\u2026 <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollegiatedisciplemaker.com%2Fan-open-letter-to-southern-baptists-our-campus-ministries-wouldnt-exist-without-you%2F&#038;text=%22If%20it%20weren%27t%20for%20the%20strong%20backing%20of%20over%20forty-five%20local%20Southern%20Baptist%20churches%20%28not%20to%20mention%20the%20help%20we%20get%20from%20the%20Missouri%20Baptist%20Convention%2C%20which%20itself%20only%20exists%20by%20the%20grace%20of%20local%20churches%29%2C%20there%20wouldn%27t%20be%E2%80%A6&#038;via=mbcollegiate&#038;related=mbcollegiate' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<p>Why does that matter? Because through our local campus ministry alone, tens of thousands of lives have been impacted for Jesus in some way, shape, or form.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve seen pastors and missionaries, elders and deacons, rise up from the ranks of students who showed up as freshmen with no idea whether they believed in Jesus or not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve seen hundreds of students take the gospel to six continents as short-term missionaries, and we\u2019ve shared the gospel on foreign shores through international students who came to study here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve shared the gospel with thousands, counseled thousands more, and of course, seen salvation change lives for eternity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve done all of this and much more because local churches have a vision to see how impactful they can be when they band together to accomplish a task they could not manage alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve done all of this and much more because local churches have a vision to see how impactful they can be when they band together to accomplish a task they could not manage alone.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Jon Smith<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest for a minute. Most churches struggle when it comes to the transition between high school and adulthood. Unsure what to do with everyone from eighteen to thirty who isn\u2019t married with children, the default is usually some type of \u201cyoung singles\u201d class, and the results are uneven at best. That isn\u2019t a knock on anyone; it is simply an acknowledgment of the fact that this is a difficult phase to handle. That said, those same churches have the ability, when they work together, to reach out in the name of Jesus and impact not merely the young singles in their own church but thousands more on college campuses who they may never see on Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the local church. It\u2019s where I first learned about Jesus, and it lights my fire when I see churches cooperating to accomplish the Great Commission. Southern Baptists do that better than anyone. Together we field thousands of missionaries in countries all over the world. 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