ABOUT

LAUNCH STAFF

Ben
Beck

Team Leader

Rick 

Butler

Intramural
Team Leader

Dennis
Runner

International 

Team Leader

Julie

Runner

Intl. Co-Team 
Leader

Nettie
Beck

Comptroller
Team Leader

Danielle

Singer

Outreach 

Leader

LAUNCH STAFF VOLUNTEERS

Rachel

Swain


Cameron & Daniela Beard

LAUNCH STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM

2023-2024

Conlan

Oatey

5th yr. Senior - Construction

Management


Outreach Team

Kaycee
Baird

Senior - Biomedical Engineering/Linguistics


Cross-Cultural Team

Eli

Smith

Senior - Building Construction Management


Worship Team

Kayla

Booher

Junior - Elementary Edu.


Connect Team

Nathaniel

Paul

Sophomore - 

Mechanical Engineering


Cross-Cultural Team

Erin

Oatey



Intern

Anna H.




Intern

CORE VALUES

  • God's Word is inerrant
  • Follow the Great Commission 
  • Consider every Christian member a minister
  • All students welcome, no matter their beliefs
  • Meet students where they are while seeing their potential
  • Respect diversity while holding on to Biblical principles
  • Be good stewards of resources
  • Character, integrity, and honesty are held to the highest standard 

BELIEFS

The Bible
​The Bible is without error, because it was given to us by God through the writings of men. It is relevant to us today because we believe it was written to be applicable throughout time. Each of us is responsible for reading and applying it to our daily lives.

God
He is the one and only everlasting Supreme Being. He has always been and will always be. He is the creator of all things. He exists in three personalities—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—yet He is only one God. We call this the Trinity. God is all knowing, all powerful, perfect and deserves our praise and adoration.

Jesus
He is God’s one and only son who was sent to earth from Heaven to live a perfect life, but to die as a sacrifice for the sin of all people. He fulfilled the prophecy of His coming, and also fulfilled what He said he would do by raising on the third day after dying a brutal death. He returned to heaven and will return to earth for the second coming.

The Holy Spirit
The Spirit enters our life at the point of salvation. The Spirit guides and directs us in our everyday lives.

Humanity
People are a creation of God in His image. Because of the sins of humanity, we have been separated from God and all have sinned. Without Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection we all would spend eternity in hell.

Salvation
Jesus Christ is the one and only way to heaven. His death paid the price for our sins so that we were cleansed of all our sins. We have done nothing to deserve eternity in Heaven, but God chose to love and forgive us of our sins.

The Church
The church is a body of believers including all generations—not just one. This is why we promote the local churches and believe that the PCM is not a church but an arm of the local church. It is important for us to worship together and encourage one another while reaching out to the world.

Missions
Jesus called all to go and spread the good news. Some will spend their life in a foreign land telling others, some will have a full-time vocation in ministry, and others will share right where they are. We are all to spread His good news wherever God has called you.
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We support and hold to Southern Baptist beliefs.

OUR HISTORY

Launch Campus Ministry was founded at Purdue in 1962 as Baptist Student Union (BSU). In the mid 90’s the name was changed to Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM). In 2011 International Campus Ministry (ICM) was formed as a brother organization to reach international students. Then in 2013 the name changed again to Purdue Collegiate Ministry (PCM). In the fall of 2019 PCM & ICM merged and rebranded to the current name Launch Campus Ministry. The name change and merge has not changed the focus of reaching all students at Purdue University for Jesus. We are supported by the Wabash Valley Baptist Association which is a group of Southern Baptist churches in the greater Lafayette area. Students do not have to be Baptist to be a part of our group. We welcome students from all backgrounds from never knowing about Jesus Christ or growing up in another denominations. Launch Campus Ministry welcomes anyone who is interested in community and learning more about Jesus Christ. 

LOCAL CHURCHES

LAUNCH CAMPUS MINISTRY is a ministry of the WABASH VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION which includes the following churches:


Calvary Baptist Church     

​​Pastor: Daniel Berry

​310 Kalberer Rd,

​West Lafayette, IN 47906

(765) 463-2622

 

City of God

Pastor: Eric Roseberry

3526 Osborne Ln, Suite A

Lafayette, IN 47909

(765) 201-0265


Cornerstone Baptist Church

Pastor: Nathan Eikenberry

2400 Edgelea Drive

Lafayette, Indiana 47909

(765) 471-1555


Elston Family Church

Pastor: Randy Skidmore

2424 US 231 South

Lafayette, IN 47905

(765) 474-2950







East Tipp Baptist Church

Pastor: Joel Flowers

5300 East 300 North

Lafayette, IN 47905

(765) 589-3587


Wea Ridge Baptist Church

Pastor: Dan Sager

1051 East 430 South

Lafayette, IN 47905

(765) 474-9603

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Into the Light Baptist Church

Pastor: Jae Young Lee

1000 W. State St.

West Lafayette, IN 47906

(765) 337-8876


Word of Life Fellowship Church

3650 Greenbush St.

Lafayette, IN 47905

(765) 449-4008

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