--- title: UBN --- [![Every Student Sent](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/EveryStudentSent_LoggedIn/images/header_logo.png?width=600&height=320&name=header_logo.png "Every Student Sent")](https://everystudentsent.org) - [Get Started](https://everystudentsent.org/join/) - [Login](https://everystudentsent.org/login-new/) - [Blog](https://everystudentsent.org/blog/) - [Give](https://everystudentsent.org/?form=FUNMFHJUNNE) # Unconventional Business Network ### Integrating Faith and Work Culture [Enter the ESS Social Platform Here](https://everystudentsent.org/join/) ## [EveryStudentSent.org](http://www.everystudentsent.org) ## College Students & Grads ##### Meet Christian marketplace people from every line of work in your future city Before you graduate! [![New to Every Studnet Sent](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hs-fs/hubfs/New%20to%20Every%20Studnet%20Sent.png?width=2000&height=666&name=New%20to%20Every%20Studnet%20Sent.png "New to Every Studnet Sent")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/engage-1?hsLang=en) ## ![](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-21-2024-12-51-34-2232-PM.png?width=1670&height=535&name=image-png-May-21-2024-12-51-34-2232-PM.png) ## UBN- a partner in transition to the workplace ##### UBN is one or our Every Student Sent partners to help prepare students for the workplace during college, then become a source or fellowship and mentoring in the city of your first job out of college. [mailto:john.decker@campusrenewal.org](mailto:john.decker@campusrenewal.org) #### WAYS FOR UBN MEMBERS TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATION #### 1. Receive College Grads into UBN [Contact us](mailto:john.decker@everystudentsent.org) to learn more #### 2. Speak at a Zoom Event [![ChatGPT Image Sep 3, 2026, 01\_44\_45 PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/ChatGPT%20Image%20Sep%203%2c%202026%2c%2001_44_45%20PM.png "ChatGPT Image Sep 3, 2026, 01_44_45 PM")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/career-convos?hsLang=en) #### 3. 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[![](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jun-19-2024-09-15-38-7648-PM.png?width=3653&height=1739&name=image-png-Jun-19-2024-09-15-38-7648-PM.png)](https://unconventionalbusiness.org/forums/) ## How Every Student Sent Helps [![High School Studnet rectangle](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/High%20School%20Studnet%20rectangle.png "High School Studnet rectangle")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/students-1?hsLang=en) [![image-png-May-22-2024-01-31-13-0698-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-May-22-2024-01-31-13-0698-PM.png "image-png-May-22-2024-01-31-13-0698-PM")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/college?hsLang=en) [![Parent Email Photos -Parent Page](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Parent%20Email%20Photos%20-Parent%20Page.png "Parent Email Photos -Parent Page")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/families?hsLang=en) [![Parent Email Photos -career](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Parent%20Email%20Photos%20-career.png "Parent Email Photos -career")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/career-direct-1?hsLang=en) [![Marketplace Rectangle](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Marketplace%20Rectangle.png "Marketplace Rectangle")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/marketplace?hsLang=en) ## Learn about Every Student Sent ![image-png-May-10-2024-12-46-00-1205-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-May-10-2024-12-46-00-1205-PM.png "image-png-May-10-2024-12-46-00-1205-PM") ## The ESS coalition to change how the the transition ## to and from college works: ![ESS Logos on top - 5 Lines](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/ESS%20Logos%20on%20top%20-%205%20Lines.png "ESS Logos on top - 5 Lines") ## Marketplace ministries ![](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-22-2024-10-59-54-3945-PM.png?width=1476&height=148&name=image-png-Feb-22-2024-10-59-54-3945-PM.png) ## The Career Arc from HS to College to the Workplace #### Barna Report - Career Discipleship *Barna believes this emphasis on careers presents an opportunity for the church to engage in what could be called “vocational discipleship”. The church has an opportunity to reach this next generation of teenagers through integrating career, and calling into their discipleship efforts.* ## High School [![Career-Counsellin blackboard](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Career-Counsellin%20blackboard.jpg "Career-Counsellin blackboard")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/career-direct-1?hsLang=en) ## Helping students find life purpose, careers, and college majors with a faith & work outlook. ## University ## Establishing missional communities around academic departments to be ready for the workplace ## Workplace [![Marketplace Rectangle](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Marketplace%20Rectangle.png "Marketplace Rectangle")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/workplace?hsLang=en) ## Preparing for the transition to the workplace and connecting with marketplace ministries and mentors ## Learn about the new Career-centric For-Profit to accelerate the ESS mission ## and supply the workforce with Kingdom-experienced college grads: [![image-png-Feb-07-2024-01-44-46-3218-AM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Feb-07-2024-01-44-46-3218-AM.png?width=1052&height=406&name=image-png-Feb-07-2024-01-44-46-3218-AM.png)](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/NextLead%20Mission%20Overview%20b.pdf?hsLang=en) ## ENGAGING YOUR CITY & THE NATION ![image-png-Dec-05-2023-02-54-08-8036-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Dec-05-2023-02-54-08-8036-PM.png "image-png-Dec-05-2023-02-54-08-8036-PM") ## The Mobile App version of ESS is now ready!  We are gathering marketing resources to get this into the hands of students and parents before high school graduation. ## Read below about the financial resources needed to mobilize your city and the nation so every student is connected before high school graduation. [![image-png-Dec-02-2023-01-11-02-5958-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-02-2023-01-11-02-5958-PM.png?width=259&height=109&name=image-png-Dec-02-2023-01-11-02-5958-PM.png)](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/impact-1?hsLang=en) [![Decker Pinnacle Podcast Image](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Decker%20Pinnacle%20Podcast%20Image.png "Decker Pinnacle Podcast Image")](https://pinnacleforum.com/2021/01/ul-podcast-133/) ## Pinnacle Forum Podcast John Decker, ESS Strategic Partnership Director  #### Learn how you can help impact students, parents, churches, and the Marketplace in your city for this year's students.  Reach out to ESS Strategic Partnership Director,John Decker [via email](mailto:john.decker@everystudentsent.org) or arrange a 15-minute or longer [Zoom introduction](https://calendly.com/john-decker-1).   #### Connect with John on [on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jldecker/) ## THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ![image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-32-15-2199-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-32-15-2199-PM.png "image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-32-15-2199-PM") ![image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-36-57-1161-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-36-57-1161-PM.png "image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-36-57-1161-PM") ![image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-37-49-5260-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-37-49-5260-PM.png "image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-37-49-5260-PM") ![Right College Slide ](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Right%20College%20Slide%20.png "Right College Slide ") ![image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-40-02-8209-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-40-02-8209-PM.png "image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-40-02-8209-PM") ![image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-41-20-4320-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-41-20-4320-PM.png "image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-41-20-4320-PM") ![image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-42-46-2055-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-42-46-2055-PM.png "image-png-Nov-30-2023-10-42-46-2055-PM") ![image-png-Nov-30-2023-09-41-15-4484-PM](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/image-png-Nov-30-2023-09-41-15-4484-PM.png "image-png-Nov-30-2023-09-41-15-4484-PM") [![Invest in America and Your City Today](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7013774/1a435910-7071-48b9-aa17-f91bc31c0616.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7013774/1a435910-7071-48b9-aa17-f91bc31c0616) [![Decker Pinnacle Podcast Image](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Decker%20Pinnacle%20Podcast%20Image.png "Decker Pinnacle Podcast Image")](https://pinnacleforum.com/2021/01/ul-podcast-133/) ## Pinnacle Forum Podcast John Decker, ESS Strategic Partnership Director  #### Learn how you can help impact students, parents, churches, and the Marketplace in your city for this year's students.  Reach out to ESS Strategic Partnership Director,John Decker [via email](mailto:john.decker@everystudentsent.org) or arrange a 15-minute or longer [Zoom introduction](https://calendly.com/john-decker-1).   #### Connect with John on [on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jldecker/) ## See how Every Student Sent Helps [![church image](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/church%20image.jpg "church image")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/churches-1?hsLang=en) ## Churches [![parent image](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/parent%20image.jpg "parent image")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/family-1?hsLang=en) ## Families [![school image](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/school%20image.jpg "school image")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/christian-schools-1?hsLang=en) ## Christian Schools [![city movement image](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/city%20movement%20image.jpg "city movement image")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/city-movements-1?hsLang=en) ## City Wide Movements [![Calling and Career](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Calling%20and%20Career.jpg "Calling and Career")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/career-direct-1?hsLang=en) ## Career & Purpose [![Worldview Quad](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Worldview%20Quad.png "Worldview Quad")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/worldview?hsLang=en) ## Worldview [![Urban Centers](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Urban%20Centers.jpg "Urban Centers")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/urban-1?hsLang=en) ## Urban Uplift [![comnunity foundation](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/comnunity%20foundation.jpg "comnunity foundation")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/advisors-1?hsLang=en) ## Financial Advisors [![Alpha-2017-Announcement-Slides-Maggy](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/Alpha-2017-Announcement-Slides-Maggy.jpg "Alpha-2017-Announcement-Slides-Maggy")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/alpha-1?hsLang=en) ## Alpha ### Every single year roughly 70% of youth group grads fall away from the faith because of what happens during the [first days on campus](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/joshcta?hsLang=en).  We lose the potential they have to transform universities and the marketplace. ### But now, churches are reversing this by connecting students to miniseries, churches and other incoming Christian friends many months before college, and it's being scaled nationally. ### A broad coalition of national Ministries and churches are part of this movement to help every student be prepared to know their career purpose and multiply disciples in ESS groups for their Academic Department and Dorms. They learn to change culture on the campus then the workplace. Now we are building a transition to the marketplace and engaging with every Marketplace Ministry since studies indicate that 35% to 59% don't find fellowship in their new city. ## The components of this are: - **Selection of Major in High School** - Understand who you were made to be, and all the possibilities which could fit. This is also viewed in the context of the 7 Spheres of cultural Influence as outlined by Bill Bright, founder of  Cru.  Resources including [Career Direct](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/career-direct-1?hsLang=en) are employed as well as helping avoid the [Student Debt Crisis](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/college-assistance-plus-1?hsLang=en). - **Join University Missional Communities for academic departments** - Communities are being organized starting with national web training, then planted at universities, and growing to include most academic disciplines.  Initial communities will be Entrepreneurial Studies, Communication/Media, and Education because of their impact on society.  We are looking for your content and advisors to assist. See an example from [Pinnacle Forum.](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/pinnacle-forum1?hsLang=en)  Please contact us to learn more. - **Prepare for transition** - Various resources are being created or affiliated with such as [Baton Exchange](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/workplace?hsLang=en) - **Transition into the Marketplace** - Connections with marketplace ministries affiliated with the ESS network are being created including a Christian service similar to Indeed for internships and jobs. Right now over a third of Christian college grads don't find community and fall away.   Please contact us if you would like your ministry be included. - **Engaging with your Marketplace ministry -** We would love to discuss ways that you could provide your content and people who would like to coach students locally or nationally, and ways we can help your ministry by sending you college grads in cities where you operate. A Church Transformed Student Stories [![UVA students](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/hubfs/UVA%20students.jpg "UVA students")](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/impact-1?hsLang=en) ## Ways to [Financially Accelerate](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/impact-1?hsLang=en) ## Ways you can help your city: #### Introduce John Decker ([john.decker@everystudentsent.org](mailto:john.decker@everystudentsent.org)) to: - Pastors & Youth Leaders - Leaders in your marketplace ministry - High Schools and Homeschools - Ministries, Foundations, Media ([Advance ESS](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/impact-1?hsLang=en)) - Business Leaders with passion for youth. - Retirees who could volunteer (See [IRetire4Him](https://pinnacleforum.com/2021/12/ul-podcast-180/)) #### Volunteer See [Volunteer Page](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/ambassadors-1?hsLang=en).  Contact John Decker for info. - **Mentor students re: faith or career** - **Provide content/training for student groups** - **Marketing, communication or IT expertise** - **Ministry expertise for: Students/Pastors/Parents** - **Organize a City Movement** - **Public speaking or recording content** Next Steps? - **In 2024 we are launching various city-wide movements** across the nation as well as a national saturation plan to to make it normal for no student to start college alone.  We can talk with you about strategies for your city or your ministry - **Review [Accelerating Every Student Sent](https://pages.everystudentsent.org/impact-1?hsLang=en)** to see the Natural Saturation Ministry Plan and ways you can financially change the lives of thousands of students so that the class of '23 is the most successful in history. Other recommendations are below. - Reach out to John Decker at below or connect with him on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jldecker/). 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