GFM New Staff Training Year One
Introduction
To understand your campus, you must observe the campus (through visits, interviews,and exploration), interpret this data (by forming hypotheses about campus life and ministry opportunities), adjust your hypotheses (based on your observations), and apply this knowledge in your ministry. Good inductive bible study skills come in handy when you’re getting to know your mission field context: the university.
The following categories and questions offer you some ideas to help you “spy out the land” as you seek to understand the campus milieu better. Whether you are establishing a new fellowship, joining an existing campus team, or thinking through campus engagement issues, these categories should clarify your understanding of the university, raise helpful questions, and provide important insights into your ministry goals. It is worth several months of work!
This project will take shape differently depending on your university. If InterVarsity is new to your campus, talk with your Staff Director to determine the focus of your exploration. If not, faculty, students, ministry partners, and former InterVarsity/GFM staff can help you figure out where to start.
Download the attached Word document for the step-by-step instructions for this assignment.
