Student Leader Training
Description
This year, the CFC Conference is offering pre-conference training for campus ministry apprentices, interns and other student leaders. New campus ministers are also welcome to join. The pre-conference training will be held at University Church of Christ on Thursday, July 23, from 9 am to 3 pm, prior to the start of the main conference that night. Lunch will be provided.
The training will cover topics such as: how campus ministry fits into God’s kingdom mission, the inner life of a Godly leader, evangelism/outreach, and helping college students become disciples.
The training will be led by Dr. Chris Buxton, a longtime campus minister who teaches campus ministry for Harding University, Harding School of Theology, and Lipscomb University. Other veteran campus ministers may also contribute.
Campus ministers, please register the leaders from your ministry who will attend.
Christ Buxton Bio
Dr. Chris Buxton is a 23-year veteran of state university campus ministry. Before founding ULife, he served as director of Renew College Ministry at Arkansas Tech University from 1997-2009 and as founding director of Wolflife Campus Ministry at his alma mater, Arkansas State University, from 2010 to 2020.
In addition to his ULIfe work, Chris helped design and now leads a graduate-level campus ministry certificate program at Lipscomb University. At Harding University, he built an undergraduate campus ministry internship and teaches campus ministry and other courses.
He has trained numerous campus ministry leaders, including the team that planted Sojourn Campus Ministry at the University of Washington.
He serves on the board of the Campus For Christ organization that leads a national conference for campus/college ministries affiliated with Churches of Christ and Independent Christian Churches.
He holds a Master of Divinity degree, a doctorate in missional and spiritual formation, and a graduate-level certification in executive and workplace coaching.
He and Monica have been married for 28 years and have a married daughter and a grandson.