Baptist Campus Ministries
Address: 449 Normal Road DeKalb Illinois 60115
Phone: (815) 756-2131
Facebook: www.facebook.com/baptistcampusministryniu
More Information: www.baptistcampusministryniu.com
Baptist Campus Ministries works to provide church and Christian community for the students at NIU through prayer, mentoring, weekly Bible studies, Sunday morning worship and special events.
The Congregational style is primarily a student ministry located in an educational setting, and therefore, is geared more towards accommodating a transitional student body. they try to blend church traditions and modern worship styles to create a blend of innovation and history. They seek to help the students follow God while away from their traditional home church, but making sure that they are not so radically different from a normal church setting that students become isolated from their home church and traditions. They have student leadership and volunteers on Sunday morning. they allow for student led missions, activities, and worship. they seek to nurture their congregation as a body and lead them to being strong in their faith and developing at taste for meat rather then milk.
The goal of Judson Fellowship NIU is to be a welcoming and divers body of believers, serving God by worshiping, exploring truth, helping the poor, widowed, orphan, and loving all His children. The ministry at NIU is to serve the campus and minister to students. the vision is to be at multinational, multiracial worshiping community that welcomes new students and faculty each year in the Bible Studies, service projects, and special events that broaden perspective and deep allegiance to Christ and His Kingdom.
There is a strong sense of community in the campus ministry body that is commmitted to prayer and to the study of Scripture. People come with a wide variety of gifts that are used in different ways in the ministry. Students are encouraged to use talents within ministry teams set up in the areas of service, worship, outreach, Bible Study, and fellowship. They are connected with the American Baptist Churches U.S.A and Great River Region and Northern Illinois University (NIU).