Launching a Mentor-Based Youth Ministry
Don’t just create consumers in your youth group. Learn to empower students to become full circle followers of Jesus.
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Don’t just create consumers in your youth group. Learn to empower students to become full circle followers of Jesus.
Read MoreHealthy student ministries have on ramps for newcomers to youth group. Here are the four main options.
Read Moreby Every Nation
A big part of discipling students is helping them build their faith.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be qualified to lead a student group? Will any of us ever really be “qualified”? Talk about it here.
Read MoreStarting and running a mentoring group with students younger than you is easier than you think.
Read Moreby PG Sketch
The idea of mentoring a student can feel overwhelming in the midst of life’s busyness. But if you make the time, you won’t regret it.
Read Moreby Tracy Dwyer
As a teenager, you have a lot of authority figures in your life, some good, maybe some not so good. In this lesson, we talk about how God deserves our respect, and if we want to respect him, we need to respect other authority figures as well.
Read Moreby Scott Creps
Our goal is to help students become disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. If you want to accomplish the goal of youth ministry, then you must learn to focus on mentoring students.
Read MoreStudent ministry is one of the most important ministries in the church, and your place on the team can make a big difference.
Read Moreby Scott Creps
Every team needs to meet. Meetings are where we reaffirm our commitment to the mission of the team, share ideas about how to best accomplish the ministry, celebrate victories, and think through how to tackle the challenges we face.
Read MoreWhether you’re a student or an adult, answering these three questions honestly will tell you whether you’re ready to lead a student group.
Read Moreby Tracy Dwyer
As a student leader, you are part of the larger youth group team at your church. You are also part of the larger leadership team of the entire church. Teams succeed when everyone works toward the same goal, and goes in the same direction.
Read Moreby Tracy Dwyer
As a youth leader you are an example. You are an example for the students in your small group, and the students in the rest of the youth group. You are an example for students in your own grade, and younger students. As a student leader, you need to take your role as an example seriously.
Read Moreby Tracy Dwyer
It’s important to understand the goal of youth ministry. We want to help students become followers of Jesus who make other followers of Jesus. As a student leader, our desire is that you would learn to make disciples.
Read Moreby Scott Creps
When it comes to working with kids and students, safety must be a priority. This is why one of the principles that you must believe in if you want to work with youth is prioritize safety.
Read MoreIf you’re going to work with students in a PG church, it’s important that you understand the point of youth ministry in the first place.
Read MoreWe want to create a movement of people who pursue God “full circle”:
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