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Partnering with Ministries
Our role as IJM chapter leaders is to help campus ministries and their students integrate justice into their existing rhythms of discipleship.
While there is not a prescribed way to form partnerships with campus ministries or your chaplain staff, here are some strategies that we’ve seen to be effective.
1. Invest in your own campus ministry and church.
Our prayer is that you would be actively involved in a church and possibly also a campus ministry where you’re being strengthened and built up in Christ. While your leadership with IJM will grow your walk with Jesus, justice is only one aspect of your relationship with God. Prioritize your walk with him before overloading your schedule with doing things for IJM.
2. Learn about your campus ministries’ schedule, goals, and season.
Schedule
Identify a time during the year where their schedule is more open and proactively ask for space on their calendar during that time. It will communicate to them that you see their time as valuable.
Goals
Once you understand their goals, you know how to best position an IJM partnership that helps them achieve what they have set out in front of them.
Season
Try and understand the “season” that the campus ministry is in. Is it a new chapter? Are they under-staffed? Are they already an established and mature ministry? Understanding what season they are in will help you know how to best support them in their ministry.
3. Co-plan and execute events
Campus ministries are asked constantly to promote other organizations’ events. They don’t have the time or space to do this for most groups. Instead, find ways to host events together. Give them ownership and leadership so that it becomes natural for each group to promote to their specific audience.
4. Know the IJM resources that are geared towards supporting campus ministries.
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