University Church
The most life-transforming ministry we can offer an unreached group is a simple Body-of-Christ planted in their midst to live-out all the basic functions or life-rhythms of the church.
Pastor modeling 2 Timothy 2:2 with:
- Staff
- Deacons
- Ministry Students
- Student “Timothys” (spiritual healthy collegiates)
Any University Town Church
Multiplying Gatherings
Senior Adult Gathering
at assisted living center, near hospital
2 p.m., Saturdays
led by Deacon team
Student Gathering
at a community college conference room, in an adjacent town
7 p.m., Mondays
led by a “Timothy”
Student Gathering
at a fraternity house
7 p.m., Tuesdays
led by Ministry Student
Adult/Family/Anyone Gathering
at the church auditorium
9 a.m., Sundays
led by staff
Adult/Family/Anyone Gathering
at the church auditorium
11 a.m., Sundays
led by staff
Career Singles Gathering
at the church gymnasium
7 p.m., Saturdays
led by staff and volunteers
Student Gathering
at student apartment complex
9 p.m., Mondays
led by a “Timothy”
Student Gathering (for soccer teams)
at intramural parking lot
5 p.m., Thursdays
led by a “Timothy”
Can’t a church body be so far-reaching that it uses many buildings and scores of locations? Can’t they all be the same church? How many unreached might come to each site above?
Building Blocks
- Use free space and volunteer “servant-leaders”
- Provide simple and relational: worship, discipleship, servanthood, community and evangelism
- Believe that where even a few are gathered together “there am I (Jesus) in the midst of them”
- Nurture, pray for and mentor them to be an extension of your church into an unreached group of friends… an on-site Body-of-Christ that you can include as part of your church’s total spiritual fruit
You can mentor someone as the servant-leader of a simple, on-site Body-of-Christ to reach overlooked friends (in every micro-culture) who have mentally distanced themselves from the regular church building.