Campbellsville—Campbellsville University will host “Think Again,” a forum designed for youth ministers to gather and discuss various aspects of their ministries. The event is set for Nov. 15 at the school’s Ransdell Chapel.

Think Again “is designed to provide insight and help on the challenges of youth ministry” noted Ed Pavy, director of campus ministries at Campbellsville. “At the same time it gives youth ministers a chance to connect with CU students who have come from their respective churches.”

Shane Garrison, an educational ministries instructor at the school and a featured speaker at the event, said the program was recommended by several ministers from Campbellsville University’s Church Relations Council, then developed by the school’s Office of Church and External Relations, School of Theology and Baptist Campus Ministry, in conjunction with the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Garrison explained the seminar’s key purposes.

“One is to invite youth ministers to our campus so that they can reconnect with the students from their churches and youth groups,” he said.

He also called the seminar an opportunity for youth ministers to become better equipped for youth ministry. “Youth ministry is tough these days, and we hope to encourage and equip them to reach more students with the gospel.”

In addition, “we hope this event can meet one of the principle core values of the School of Theology, which is to be part in enduring fellowship,” Garrison noted. “We want to connect with CU alumni who are youth ministers … (and) to lift them up and praise their diligence in ministry.”

Garrison said he will speak about shifts in the American post-culture and the impact they are having on students, as well as youth ministry paradigms that are both working and failing in their efforts to students.

“We hope Think Again will be the first in a series of annual fall meetings that bring ministers on our campus for a brief Saturday seminar on a number of Christian ministry-related topics,” said John Hurtgen, dean of Campbellsville’s School of Theology. “The exciting thing we want to happen is for many youth ministers who have students at CU to attend the event and then attend the tailgate and football game with their students after Think Again is over.”

The featured speakers at the event’s are Garrison, who will lead the forum’s first session, discussing the challenges, methods and solutions in youth ministry; and Joe Ball, KBC’s youth strategist, who will lead an “unpacking” of Steven Wright’s book “reThink,” examining the state of today’s student ministries. All participants will receive a free copy of Wright’s book.

Registration cost for the seminar is $15 by Nov. 6, and $20 after Nov. 6. To register, call (270) 789-5227, or visit www.KyBaptist.org/ThinkAgain.