180 Symposium Publications
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Adventist young people who don’t attend Adventist schools often find themselves marginalized in the life of the church. Reasons exist for attending non-Adventist schools. Instead of classifying all tertiary schools outside of the Adventist educational system as public education, a more accurate term would be non-Adventist colleges and universities (NACU). The author shares his personal journey with NACUs and makes suggestions for what churches can and should do to minister to young adults attending school away from home. These include relationship building, networking, introducing expectations quickly, integrating students into church activity, and mentoring. This calls for collegiate focused ministry on the congregational level and a re-framing of Christian education to be broadly based in congregations instead of merely at Adventist Schools.
First Page
39
Last Page
44
Book Title
Reach the Campus, Reach the World
Editor
Steve Case
Publisher
Advent Source
City
Lincoln, NE
Series
The 180° Symposium
ISBN
9781629093666
Recommended Citation
Buckley, Paul, "Adventists in Non-Adventist Colleges and Universities: Implications for Ministry from a Personal Journey" (2010). 180 Symposium Publications. 100.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cye-pubs/100
Acknowledgements
Posted with permission, Center for Youth Evangelism at Andrews University