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Raising Funds and Friends for Campus Ministry Campus ministries can learn more about fund-raising and board development through a cooperative effort by the Ecumenical Campus Ministry Team (ECMT).
Rev. Galen Hora currently serves as the Assistant Director for Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He has served as a consultant to ELCA campus ministries in the areas for fund-raising and board development since 1996 and as a campus pastor in six states over 30 years.
The new program offers:
- Full day training seminars open to all campus ministry staff and board members in that area. Personal consultations will be available in certain locations on occasion, in conversation with denominational representatives.
- A monthly publication reporting trends, resources, and practical ideas.
- Webinars at regular intervals to supplement and expand the information provided at the seminars.
- Supportive mentoring by phone and e-mail over the course of the initiative.
“Financial and organizational support for campus ministries of the mainline denominations has been in transition for the past several decades,” Hora says. “The flow of benevolence dollars from regional and church-wide sources has diminished considerably. This trend is not likely to be reversed, making it imperative that in order for campus ministries to continue, new and focused strategies must be developed with all due care and expediency at the local levels.
“Efforts to raise funds and friends for local campus ministries must be increased, sharpened, and guided, along with crucial attention to the purpose and structure of local boards, as leadership takes on new and significant responsibilities in this arena. These two dynamics of fund-raising and board development are parallel and inseparable. For local campus ministries to go beyond surviving to thriving, training and support needs to be provided for those who strive to lead these ministries forward.”
Ministries interested in hosting Hora should complete this form and send it to Dennis Landon at dlandon@helmdisciples.org. Additional contact information is on the form.