Learning Objectives

Develop a thriving community that creates ministry strategy together by identifying your vision, assessing reality and discerning next steps. Overcome common obstacles and move forward with confidence with practical tips and tools.

  • Learn what it looks like to form a healthy culture of communal discernment

  • Discover how to discern strategy together with God’s Spirit and your partners on campus

  • Use the Campus Continuum as a tool to start assessing reality and developing a strategy

Play Your Way

Engage with the material in your context!

  • ~45 minutes (self-paced)

    All your progress will be saved so you can resume where you left off.

  • Course Quicksheet (pdf)

    This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it.

  • Resource Toolbox

    See a list of the resources referenced in this course, all collected in one spot for your convenience.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Discern Campus Strategy

    • Introduction

    • Before we begin . . .
  • 2

    Chapter 2: Understanding Discernment

    • Lesson 1: What Does it Mean to Discern Campus Strategy?

    • Lesson 2: Why Discerning Should be Done Communally

    • Lesson 3: Healthy and Unhealthy Cultures of Discernment
  • 3

    Chapter 3: Vision and Assess

    • Lesson 1: Clarify Your Vision First

    • Lesson 2: Recognize Your Context

    • Lesson 3: Campus Continuum

    • Lesson 4: Assess Reality
  • 4

    Chapter 4: Decide and Do

    • Lesson 1: Make a Decision

    • Lesson 2: The Spirituality of Numbers and Goals

    • Lesson 3: Structural Architecture

    • Lesson 4: Training

    • Lesson 5: Case Studies
  • 5

    Chapter 5: Barriers

    • Lesson 1: Trust vs. Planning

    • Lesson 2: Failure

    • Lesson 3: Disagreements

    • Lesson 4: Apathy
  • 6

    Chapter 6: Conclusion

    • Closing Remarks

    • Before you go . . .

Resource Toolbox

All resources referenced from this course will be linked below for your convenience to view and download. Please adapt these resources to what works for you in your ministry context.


Worksheets

Discern Campus Strategy Quicksheet

(5-page pdf)

This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it!

Download

Discern Campus Strategy Debrief Guide

(3-page pdf)

(For Leader of Leaders) This is an outline for a debrief meeting when doing this course with a group.

Download
Discern Campus Strategy Assessment

(2-page pdf)

This is a self-assessment to help you evaluate your proficiency in discerning campus strategy.

Download

Campus Continuum Reflection Guide

(1-page pdf)

This worksheet will help you reflect on where your ministry is along the Campus Continuum.

Download

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Articles

The Campus Continuum

(Ministry Library Page)

A resource to help you assess where your community is and provide a roadmap for growth and direction.

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The Five Thresholds

(Ministry Library Page)

Learn about the journey of how people tend to explore faith and how to help friends move through each threshold.

Open
The Big Story Gospel Summary

(Ministry Library Page)

Learn about the journey of how people tend to explore faith and how to help friends move through each threshold.

Open

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Books

Reviving Mission

by Linson Daniel, Jon Hietbrink and Eric Rafferty

This book walks through the 4E's of Reviving Mission: Encountering God, Exploring what he's doing all around us, Empowering those he sends us to, and Establishing communal rhythms of transforming habits and habitats.

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Visioneering

by Andy Stanley

This book provides tips and exercises to help as you are creating and clarifying your vision.

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True Story

by James Choung

This book teaches a new way for presenting the Gospel.

Open
Longing for Revival

by James Choung and Ryan Pfeiffer

This book will help you discover what revival can look like for you and those around you.

Open

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Videos

Eric Rafferty at Ambition 25

(Youtube Video)

Hear Eric's testimony and words of encouragement at the Ambition 25 conference.

Watch

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Related Courses

Check out more courses in the Fundamentals of Campus Ministry bundle.