What we do
The Campus House has served students in the Greater Birmingham Area for more than two decades. It sits a few blocks south of the UAB campus and hosts gatherings, worship, small groups, weekly meals, campfires, and a place to connect. It is a big, old house sitting on the corner of 13th Ave. S and 15th St. S serving as the gathering place, worship facility, ministry office, and center of our campus outreach. Jamie Dodson has served 5 years in ministry as an associate and Campus Minister.
If you would like to support Jamie's work you can help fuel the ministry by making a one-time or recurring tax-deductible donation at the button below.
If you would like to support Jamie's work you can help fuel the ministry by making a one-time or recurring tax-deductible donation at the button below.
stocked food pantry
Our partnership with the Church at Southsidethe Campus House to provide free food to any of our students who are in need. This resource and partnership has been a blessing in addressing some of the food insecurities that exist on campus among students. Up to 25 of our group in a given month have been able to utilize this pantry and help further meet their needs.
Service OPPORTUNITIES
We believe that serving our city and it’s people is an integral part of being Christ’s disciples here on earth. This is why we provide opportunities for our students and staff to both participate and coordinate service projects. Once every month Campus House students meet to help Homewood Church of Christ deliver meals to the homeless of Birmingham. We have close connections to the Horizon’s Schools, and have helped move new students into their new living spaces. We’ve helped friends move across town, and provided them with essentials as they’ve settled in. We’re up for any service project that comes our way. Our community is ready to help yours.
Our Staff
Jamie Dodson
I’ve been working at Encounter Ministries for over five years, and as a part of full-time staff. He is now our Senior Campus Minister
----From Jamie When I started coming to campus house as freshman back in 2015, I was coming from a place loneliness and isolation that had me longing for community. When I arrived at The Campus House I was immediately welcome and everything from the music, to the message, to the people was genuine through and through. From that point on, I knew this place was my campus ministry home. My first summer began by simply keeping the house clean and doing minor grounds-keeping, but by the end of the summer I was helping plan events, running the ministry’s social media accounts, and learning to keep a community together. I also joined a team of men that ministers to inmates in the Texas Department of Corrections through Encounter and John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart Bootcamp. I have since been a part of 7 prison boot camps, participating in anything from running the Audio and Video, to teaching sessions.
After graduating with a bachelors degree in marketing from UAB, I am continuing my work with Encounter Ministries full-time. In this full-time position, I am still working with Johnny and Jessica at the Campus House to minister to students that are looking for a community. I meet with students for spiritual direction, facilitate a space for communal growth, and plan and execute events that keep the Campus House calendar full. While I do spend most of my time at the Campus House, another large part of my job here at Encounter is being a representative for our ministry in the many branches of ministry that Encounter has a hand in. Finally, I also look for new opportunities for partnerships and growth opportunities.