Georgia native Ben Edfeldt is the new director of collegiate and student ministries for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. He was elected by trustees of the State Board during a May 20 meeting in Prattville and will begin his new role, which includes serving as a state missionary, June 1. Current director Mike Nuss will …
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Steve Thompson said it wasn’t his plan to go into college ministry — it was a fluke. As a student at Mobile College (now the University of Mobile), he did summer missions one year and got connected with a campus minister at Oklahoma State University. That campus minister asked him to be his associate the following …
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Mike Nuss doesn’t remember the name of the school where he did his six weeks of student teaching. But he does remember this — the very real feeling that it wasn’t for him. And he remembers being surprised by that. “I really wanted to be a high school guidance counselor,” Nuss explained. “I wanted to …
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When Nate Young walked into the Baptist Campus Ministries building April 9 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the University of Alabama’s BCM, memories of his first impression of the building came to mind. Young first entered the building in the fall of 1993. The number of students at the welcome back to school event …
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Many times I hear collegians share their distress over frustrations that prayers are not being heard or that God’s presence is no longer felt. These expressions are usually followed by them asking, “Does this mean I’m not really a Christian?” Why do we make the Christian experience so complicated? Too often we like to define …
In a typical day, the average student contemplates a multitude of decisions, all while navigating classes, jobs and relationships. It’s no wonder young adults are “Chasing Contentment.” That was the theme of this year’s Pursue conference, hosted by the office of collegiate and student ministries of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions and held Feb. 25–26 at First Baptist Church Opelika. …
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After three and a half years without its own building, Baptist Campus Ministries at Auburn University is back in its own — and brand-new — site. “We had great transitional space and are very appreciative of that,” said Stephen Thompson, senior campus minister of Auburn BCM. For the past several years, the ministry has worked out of a …
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Baptist Campus Ministries (BCM) began serving Jacksonville State University students around 1930. This year, BCM will celebrate more than 90 years of ministry at the east Alabama campus, with an open house and dinner after the school’s Oct. 9 homecoming game against Stephen F. Austin State University. First Baptist Church in Jacksonville has ministered to JSU students …
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When Zach Beasley took on the task of starting a Baptist Campus Ministry at Alabama State University in 2019, he started with one student who showed up for the first Bible study. “For some reason, I wasn’t discouraged. I was like, ‘God, this means you’re about to do something amazing,” Beasley said. Two years later, ASU has a thriving …
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Steve Thompson said he never thought the day would come when he heard his students say they were sick of their computer screens. But at Auburn University, where Thompson serves as Baptist campus minister, that’s the sentiment now — and students all across the state are right there with them. But in the midst of …
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