Center for College Faith

Starting an ACF Group

Go to starting an ACF Group that discusses how to launch a group on your campus. If you'd like help starting a new group, please also feel free to e-mail the discuss list asking for help.

If you’re having a hard time deciding how to break the ice or need some information to give out when you’re tabling or hosting a crusade, there are some very good materials that might help you.

• Discussion role cards by Blake Laing
• We have a list of helpful booklets that can be used as giveaways for campus outreach.
• The ACF Student Bible Kit has been developed as a pilot project for Adventist students attending public secular colleges or universities. A kit consists of a leather-bound Bible (New Living Translation) with color-matched nylon carrying case, a modern version of Steps to Christ, a small book on the Sabbath and creation, a Bible Textionary, a card for a complimentary subscription to Dialogue magazine, and information on Adventist Christian Fellowship (ACF). Pastors may wish to have a special recognition or dedication service and present a kit as a gift to the graduate or young adult heading off to a public college or university.
• InterVarsity Press produces LifeGuide Bible Studies may include some Bible studies that are useful in an ACF group.
• The Serendipity Bible.

Media

• The Word on Campus DVD

Handbooks

• The Word on Campus

• Adventist Ministry
  on the Public University Campus: A Handbook

  • An extensive collection of information and stories relating to SDA public campus ministries.
    A printed copy is also available for purchase. Compiled by Dr. Humberto M. Rasi former director of the GC Education Department.
    
    (200 pages, 2.4MB download)

• Resources for Secular Campus Ministry

  • A supplement and update to the handbook listed above. Compiled by
    Monte Sahlin, vice president for creative ministries of the Columbia Union Conference.
    (48 pages, 3.6MB download)

Campus Ministry Training

• ACF Institute a two week boot camp orientation to campus ministry
• Graduate Certificate Program in Campus Spiritual Leadership
• CAMPUS l.e.a.d.s

Service Opportunities

• ACF Mission Year a ten month task force position opportunity for students to spend a year of their college experience strengthening an existing ACF group or helping launch a new ACF chapter

Since being on a secular campus means that there is no Chaplain's office to coordinate mission projects as a means of outreach and service, we have a page listing known service opportunities for Adventist college students.

Articles and Information

• Dialogue Magazine is an SDA publication especially for students on secular campuses.
• The Influencing of Searching Minds by John Van
  Eyk
• New Initiative to Train Student Leaders
• Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries
• Claim Your Campus
• Andrews Campus Ministry Training
• Adventist Christian Fellowship
• The Navigators Campus Ministry Network (non-denominational)
• Ivy Jungle (non-denominational)
• Urbana Student World Missions Conference (non-denominational)
• Student Soul (non-denominational)
• Insight Magazine - for high-school age youth, including those who are about to enter college