College Ministry

I talked to my boy Phil today who is on staff at Boston Reunion Church Plant. He said that they did not do much intentional survey work themselves, but some had been done. Basically, they went to where the people were, stayed clear of what they felt the two healthy churches in the area are, and planted.



In regard to planting in a college town, he said there is a lot of flux. On December 9 they had 249. On December 23 they had 76. Big difference. He said that although only about 45% of the people in the church classify themselves as students, yet since they are a young team they attract young people, and they all travel durring that time. They have some mixed age groups, and some only college student groups. He also said that in Boston, while 300,000 of the 3 million population are full time students who leave during summer and holidays, there is also a large population of part-time or grad students who live in Boston year round.



He said that aside from the attendance fluxuation, it is just on a different schedule/level of thinking than other churches. This is seen clearly because Reunion is part of the new thing network, and what the other New Thing churches preach on a given Sunday could be the wrong timing/overall idea for Reunion.



I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions let me know. Or you can check out Reunion Christian Church.