80% of the world’s evangelical Christians live in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Over the last 50 years, God’s church has grown exponentially in these areas.

These regions have tremendous mission sending potential to help bring the gospel to unreached peoples, but they currently send only 20% of the world’s cross-cultural missionaries!

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This infographic provides a visual score for seven data points ranked on a 0 to 100 scale. Faded icons show scores for other countries on the mobilization index. See below for actual scores and country-specific insights.

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Growing up on a dusty cotton farm in West Texas, we lived by annual cycles. There were&hellip;(1) periods of high intensity &ndash; planting and harvesting were long, strenuous days with little rest; (2) periods of steady rhythm &ndash; summers of &ldquo;normal days&rdquo; plowing fields and controlling weeds; and (3) periods of regrouping and planning &ndash; winter when you repaired equipment and prepared for next year.
During my first few years of campus ministry, it was hard to know how to spend the &ldquo;seasons and off-seasons&rdquo; of ministry, how to survive the intense periods of Fall Kickoff and Spring Break mission trips, how to budget time during a typical week, and how to plan and prepare well during &ldquo;off-seasons.&rdquo;&nbsp;

In campus ministry, there are four seasons (6-8 weeks each) and 2 off-seasons (summer and winter). Understanding seasons makes planning easier! Each 6-8 week period has a specific goal.&nbsp;
 Campus ministry experiences a different cycle than church-based ministry. Church life revolves around a weekly rhythm that doesn&rsquo;t change dramatically throughout the year. Campus ministry is seasonal. Campus ministry revolves around annual rhythms even more than weekly rhythms: periods of great intensity, some weeks of regular rhythms, and some seasons, like summer and Christmas, where students are away from campus.
 Farmers don&rsquo;t toil the ground week after week just because they&rsquo;re &ldquo;supposed&rdquo; to. Everything they do has a specific goal in mind: producing a harvest. Likewise, campus ministry will feel like an aimless activity if you don&rsquo;t have the correct goal in mind: producing students who are lifelong disciple-makers! All of our activities should contribute towards that aim.&nbsp;
 Every season has a purpose! <a href="https://www.viastudents.org/resources/seasons-of-ministry" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Linked is a tool</a> created from Gary's content to help you visualize and make the most of these Seasons on Ministry.
You can access the tool,&nbsp;The Seasons of Ministry, by <a href="https://www.viastudents.org/resources/seasons-of-ministry" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.

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Seasons and Off-Seasons of Campus Ministry

Seasons and Off-Seasons of Campus Ministry

Gary Stidham

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