Overcoming 'Culture Shock' through Campus Ministry
Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 Posted: 9:47:06AM EST

Students entering their first year of college away from home experience a “culture shock” that leads many to begin drinking, partying, and engaging in sexual relations, according to ministry analysts.

This is what Ministry Edge founder Jeff Schadt discovered while working to prepare high schoolers to make the transition to the college campus with their faith intact. After realizing that record numbers of college students were losing their faith – up to 96 percent according to researchers – Schadt founded Ministry Edge last November to deflect this problem.Through Schadt’s ministry, high school students and their families are educated directly from a college student's vantage point. Currently, Schadt is training 20 college students to speak at local church youth groups across Arizona with the message that they ought to connect to a campus ministry should they desire to retain their faith.

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