Daily Kent Stater

Tuesday’s Daily Kent Stater has a large article on Catalyst – Unconventional Church in Kent takes a shot at reaching students.

Yes, there are some misquotes, but I have to say that it’s neat seeing a college newspaper cover a local church plant. Love that some Kent college students are in the article:

Campus Catalyst is nothing more than a loose, casual group of Kent students who attend church on Sundays and meet briefly afterward for lunch and friendly conversation, said Travis Oberlin, vice president of Campus Catalyst. It is not a ministry group in competition with The Dive or the Navigators, he said. Campus Catalyst does not have weekly on-campus meetings and services. The group’s main objective is to grow closer to the Catalyst community and spread the word around campus…

Campus Catalyst President Erica Prong said she has been going to Catalyst Church since January 2007. She found out about it when Herron came to speak at a meeting for the Navigators, a campus ministry group that she is a part of. She took a flyer with her and attended Catalyst Church that week along with other members of the Navigators…

“It’s nice to be able to design work, to use what I’m good at and give it to serving God.” – Jerry Brownell, digital artists and Catalyst web designer.