Ministry Leaders Gear Up for Campus Revival in a 'Classic Sense'
Campus ministry is looking to its own great awakening this summer as ministry leaders get together for spiritual breakthroughs in a ''classic sense.''
Campus ministry is looking to its own great awakening this summer as ministry leaders get together for spiritual breakthroughs in a "classic sense."
Neither a conference nor a seminary class, The Institute of Campus Revival and Awakening plans to engage participants for a campus transformation at Yale University as college campus ministry leaders gather on June 21-28 to understand revival and awakening biblically and historically.
"It is not just an intellectual or academic event, but will provide a practical way to spark genuine revival in the classic sense," said Dave Warn, founder and director of Collegiate Impact, one of the sponsoring organizations.
Unlike conferences, where numerous speakers are packed into a short period of two or three days, the institute's first event will be more than a "classroom experience," according to Warn.
"We want people to learn the underpinnings for revival," he said. "We're also there to seek God for revival and awakening."
Designed for full-time leaders of denominational and parachurch campus ministries, the weeklong event is limited to 70 participants and provides them with the opportunity to interact with "faculty," as Warn termed them, speaking at the gathering.
"The institute will focus on spiritual breakthroughs of the past, as well as current issues, to prepare and equip participants for campus transformation in the present," said Warn.
It will explore four "Great Awakenings" and their implications for campus ministries today. Attendants will discuss the theological, historical and practical underpinnings of revival and awakening, campus revival in relation to intellectualism and anti-intellectual, and postmodernism: help or hindrance among other topics.
The Institute of Campus Revival and Awakening is being hosted by Collegiate Impact, Campus Renewal Ministries and The Center for World Revival and Awakening. The three national ministries initiated its joint revival efforts this past fall at Yale University.
Warn described the Institute as a "group of campus revival ministries that want to take these foundational issues further and want to see another great awakening come to the college campuses in America."
While hoping to see the event evolve into an annual gathering, Warn and the sponsoring groups are focused on making this year a fruitful experience for all participants.
Applications are currently being accepted at www.campusrevivalinstitute.com.
