The leadership team at the BCM is here to serve you! Please contact us with any questions, concerns, or ideas that you have. Each leadership member will serve as a leader of a sub-team; Outreach, Spiritual Growth, Fellowship, & Missions. We are asking each BCM member to serve on one of these teams.
Ben Beck
Position: BCM Director
E-Mail: beckb@purdue.edu
Cell Phone: (765) 490-3048
Major: Masters of Arts in Christian Education
Year of Graduation: 2001, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
Major: Bachelor of Science in Technology, Wood Technology
Minor: Industrial Business and Safety
Year of Graduation:1996, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
Other school activities or clubs: University Religious Leaders
Hobbies: Riding bicycle, playing racquetball, playing disc golf, camping, woodworking, video games
Favorite Things: Spending time with my wife Nettie, my two girls, Michaela and Breanna, and with friends.
Why the Baptist Collegiate Ministry?
When I was in college I got involved with the BCM and even served 3 years on leadership. I also was called to full-time vocational ministry and God gave me a love and passion for college students. I love helping students in their spiritual journey through college whether they have been a Christian for many years or know little or nothing of Christ. It thrills me to see students grow and when they get done with college become the spiritual leaders of a church.
What’s one piece of advice you would give to your students?
College is more than just studying and a degree. It is preparation for the rest of your life. You are making decisions now that will affect the rest of your life. The most important life decision is having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Nettie Beck
Position: Associate Director
Email: nettie@purduebcm.org
Phone: (765) 490-3060
Major: Bachelor of Business Administration
Year of Graduation:1996 Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
Other school activities or clubs: Seeder for Moms Like Me, Junior Achievement volunteer and Administrative Assistant for the Wabash Valley Baptist Association.
Hobbies: Volleyball and Basketball
Favorite Thing(s): Spending time with Ben and our girls Michaela and Breanna as well as hanging out with friends.
Why the Baptist Collegiate Ministry?
God used BCM in college to call me back to Him and I learned how to have a deeper relationship with Him. He called me to full time college ministry and more specifically to minister to college girls. I know I would not be where I am today without God using the BCM to mold and shape me. I want to spend the rest of my life mentoring and helping students grow closer to God, learning to share their faith on a regular basis whether God calls them to vocational ministry or serving the Lord in the work place.
What’s one piece of advice you would give to your students?
Never forget God called you to Purdue to glorify and serve Him first. He called you to get an education second. Don’t ever reverse the order.
Becca Rose
Email: rrose@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 438-3272
Sub-team leader: Fellowship
Major: Entomology
Year of Graduation: May 2012
Class: Senior
Other school activities or clubs: Purdue Block and Bridle, Thomas Say Entomological Society, Alpha Zeta
Hobbies: Photography, Insect Collecting, Canoeing
Favorite Things: Music, Animals, Family
Why the Baptist Collegiate Ministry?
The Baptist Collegiate Ministry was a good choice for me because it gave me
multiple opportunities to grow and use my gifts to better glorify God. Through the BCM, I have made lifelong friends that continue to encourage and hold me accountable in my walk with Christ.
What’s one piece of advice you would give to your fellow students?
Don’t hold anything back when it comes to Christ! If you love Him, share Him with others! He will bless you immensely for it! Be creative! God made us all to be unique and one of a kind! Use that to your advantage!
Amanda Rose
Email: afrose@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-438-5293
Sub-team leader: Outreach
Major: Animal Science
Year of Graduation: 2012
Class: Senior
Other school activities or clubs: Dean’s Scholar, ALDPES, Block and Bridle
Hobbies: I love to read, study (I’m a nerd), goof off with my sister and friends, and work on the family farm with my cows 
Favorite Things: Icecream and Jesus!
Why the Baptist Collegiate Ministry?
I chose to get involved with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry because it was a Christian alternate for campus fun. It has given me opportunities to develop my leadership skills as well as grow in my relationship with Christ. Some of my best memories and friends were made through this organization. It is a great support system and a great reminder that God can use you wherever you are at this moment.
What’s one piece of advice you would give to your fellow students?
I want to challenge fellow students to take the step out of your comfort zone. God has such a large plan for each individual and wants to work through you. In order to allow that, you have to let go of the control on your life and give it all to Him. I’ve had to learn that the hard way through the last two years here at Purdue. I encourage you all to make the most of your time here and reach out to this campus. Don’t look back on your years here regretting anything because you were to scared or uncomfortable to take that extra step of faith.
Jesse Ault
Email: jtault@purdue.edu
Phone: (219) 851-4727
Sub-team leader: Spiritual Growth
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year of Graduation: May 2012
Class: Senior
Other school activities or clubs: Purdue UHP, Symphony Orchestra, Tau Beta Pi
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking, Weight Lifting, Rubik’s Cubing, Playing Tennis
Favorite Things: All my brothers and sisters in Christ, Books (Just finishing an old book by Watchman Nee, and ordered a few old Tozer books), Food (Literally almost anything)
Why the Baptist Collegiate Ministry?
I randomly decided to go check it out, and then they couldn’t get rid of me. Eventually I realized I fit right in.
What’s one piece of advice you would give to your fellow students?
Be careful when you pick your friends, because they will either build you up or tear you down.
Ann Donovan
Email: amdonova@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 592-3529
Sub-team leader: Missions
Major: Hospitality and Tourism Management
Year of Graduation: May 2012
Class: Senior
Other school activities or clubs: Windsor On-the-Go
Hobbies: Yoga, Baking, Shopping for shoes
Favorite Things: Drinking coffee on Saturday mornings, reading the Bible late at night, and all of my BCM girls
Why the Baptist Collegiate Ministry?
Of all of the Christian campus organizations that I researched during that first semester of my freshman year, the students at the BCM were the friendliest people I met and were quick to reach out to me.
What’s one piece of advice you would give to your fellow students?
As hard as it is sometimes, try your hardest to not make school your most important priority. I know we’re here to get a formal education, but God has greater things to teach us if we make Him our priority during our college years.
