Sometimes students drop out because they feel pulled between the demands of more than one. If a student feels pulled between two groups on campus, he or she should be encouraged to choose one or the other after investigating each thoroughly to know well enough what each offers and how they fit his or her needs and personality. Often a student will drop out both out of guilt and frustration in choosing or in trying to meet the demands of both. Help them to not only feel alright about choosing, but to see the value of it. The difficult thing to do is to put the student's welfare before your desire to have him or her in your group.
Feeling pulled between an on-campus group and a local church is a completely different issue.
Decisions can be made to not use the same student leaders. Ministry schedules can be planned to dovetail around each other. Each can drop some activities that are repetitive or some of these can be done jointly. When there are choices, students will choose. Differing beliefs from those stated A student may become involved in a ministry for a variety of reasons, but then drop-out because their own beliefs are at odds with those they see as taught or represented.