Be proactive; pray over the high schools every week in youth group and in leadership meetings. Does your local high school have prayer days or participate in See You at the Pole? Consider joining them for a prayer meeting.

Some Christians at Esperanza High School wanted to meet for prayer before school once a week but found campus meetings too loud and distracting. Instead, they met at a church before school to pray, and their youth pastor joined them.

You also can start a prayer chain. Get in touch with the Christian club and find out what their prayer requests are. Forward requests to your prayer partners and throughout your whole church. No ministry of Christian clubs or churches can be done without prayer!

5. Consider providing financially for the club.

Rallies are great witnessing tools, but they do require funds to buy the pizzas, provide raffle prizes and publicize. There are several ways to invest financially in your local Christian club. You can donate money, or you can purchase the items they need.

In the past, churches have bought pizza for the rally, Bibles for club members to give to their peers, and Christian tracts for students to use while witnessing. In a unique donation, one church provided a full catered meal for a teachers’ luncheon, which the Roosevelt Christian Club hosted as an outreach to teachers.

What can I do if there is no Christian club on campus?

You can do many of the same things. Time on campus may be limited as the lack of a club probably means no guests are allowed. However, you can still…

• Continue to be in prayer. You can even have prayer meetings outside of school hours with the students. Do prayer walks around the school. Keep a prayer chain going.

• Mentor students in leadership. Invest in the students in your youth group. Encourage them to share Christ with their peers, whether it is in walking up to a total stranger or in talking about their faith with a close friend.

• Take students witnessing or pass out Christian literature. Though some campuses do have restrictions, most will allow witnessing after school even without a Christian club.

• Host events at your church or at the school after school hours. Events hosted at your church are still cool; they just won’t be sponsored by the “Christian club.” One church actually rented a theater on Esperanza’s campus, hosting a burger bash one evening after school and giving publicity to the unofficial Bible study on campus.

Is that all?

Of course not! There are many other creative ways for a Christian club to reach out to others on campus, and there are many other creative ways for you to help them. Continue to pray and brainstorm with the club, and look for the opportunities God provides!