More than 300 students gathered Aug. 18, at Georgia Southern University to worship for the first time in a newly built Baptist Collegiate Ministries facility that houses both the ministry’s worship center and BCM offices. The building also includes shops and living space for students. Chris Bryan, Georgia Southern campus minister, said that last year the BCM Primetime weekly worship gathering averaged about 200 students in attendance. “We had a great opening night,” Bryan said. “Lots of energy from students who are excited to worship Jesus and see revival happen on campus at Georgia Southern.” The new space is designed to help BCM reach students, disciple believers, and serve the Georgia Southern campus. “Our BCM has grown in number over the last few years, and we’ve seen more students reached than ever before with the gospel,” Bryan said. The new building is part of a larger redevelopment project of Georgia Baptist campus ministry properties designed to replace aging facilities, expand ministry space, and create ongoing income for collegiate ministry. Thomas Hammond, executive director of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, has described the redevelopment as “an opportunity to strengthen campus ministry for years to come.” Hammond said the effort grew out of the Mission Board’s larger push in recent years to reduce overhead and redirect more resources into ministry. Georgia Baptists were spending between $800,000 and $900,000 a year maintaining 14 aging BCM properties across…
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